azymus
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek ἄζυμος (ázumos), from Proto-Indo-European *yuHs- (“to mix in”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /azˈzyː.mus/, [äz̪ˈd̪͡z̪yːmʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /adˈd͡zi.mus/, [äd̪ˈd̪͡z̪iːmus]
Adjective[edit]
azȳmus (feminine azȳma, neuter azȳmum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension[edit]
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | azȳmus | azȳma | azȳmum | azȳmī | azȳmae | azȳma | |
| Genitive | azȳmī | azȳmae | azȳmī | azȳmōrum | azȳmārum | azȳmōrum | |
| Dative | azȳmō | azȳmō | azȳmīs | ||||
| Accusative | azȳmum | azȳmam | azȳmum | azȳmōs | azȳmās | azȳma | |
| Ablative | azȳmō | azȳmā | azȳmō | azȳmīs | |||
| Vocative | azȳme | azȳma | azȳmum | azȳmī | azȳmae | azȳma | |
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- English: azymous (“unleavened, unfermented”)
- French: azyme
- Galician: asmo; → ácimo
- Italian: azzimo
- Portuguese: ázimo
- Spanish: ácimo
References[edit]
- “azymus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- azymus 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)
- azymus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.