almus

See also: Almus

Estonian

Etymology

From Middle Low German halmosen or German Almosen.

Noun

almus (genitive almuse, partitive almust)

1. alms

Declension

Declension of almus (ÕS type 9/katus, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		almus	almused
accusative	nom.
	gen.	almuse
genitive			almuste
partitive		almust	almuseid
illative		almusesse	almustesse almuseisse
inessive		almuses	almustes almuseis
elative		almusest	almustest almuseist
allative		almusele	almustele almuseile
adessive		almusel	almustel almuseil
ablative		almuselt	almustelt almuseilt
translative		almuseks	almusteks almuseiks
terminative		almuseni	almusteni
essive		almusena	almustena
abessive		almuseta	almusteta
comitative		almusega	almustega

Declension of almus (ÕS type 11/harjutus, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		almus	almused
accusative	nom.
	gen.	almuse
genitive			almuste
partitive		almust	almusi
illative		almusse almusesse	almustesse almusisse
inessive		almuses	almustes almusis
elative		almusest	almustest almusist
allative		almusele	almustele almusile
adessive		almusel	almustel almusil
ablative		almuselt	almustelt almusilt
translative		almuseks	almusteks almusiks
terminative		almuseni	almusteni
essive		almusena	almustena
abessive		almuseta	almusteta
comitative		almusega	almustega

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *almos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“to grow, nourish”). Cognate with alō, alumnus, and oleō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈaɫ.mʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈal.mus]

Adjective

almus (feminine alma, neuter almum); first/second-declension adjective

1. nourishing
2. kind
3. propitious

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	almus	alma	almum		almī	almae	alma
genitive	almī	almae	almī		almōrum	almārum	almōrum
dative	almō	almae	almō		almīs
accusative	almum	almam	almum		almōs	almās	alma
ablative	almō	almā	almō		almīs
vocative	alme	alma	almum		almī	almae	alma

Derived terms

• Almus Spīritus
• alma māter

Descendants

• → Italian: almo (learned)
• → Spanish: almo (learned)

References

• “almus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “almus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "almus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• almus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “almus”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎