atomus

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin atomus, from Ancient Greek ἄτομος (átomos). Doublet of atom.

Noun

atomus (plural atomi)

1. (obsolete) Synonym of atom.

Anagrams

• automs, Toumas, Matsuo, mautos

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Hellenic *ə-

Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)

Proto-Indo-European *temh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-né-

Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō)

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Hellenic *-ós

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Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ.

Ancient Greek -ός (-ós)

Ancient Greek *τομός (*tomós)

Ancient Greek ἄτομος (átomos)bor.

Latin atomus

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄτομος (átomos, “uncut, indivisible”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈa.tɔ.mʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈaː.to.mus]

Adjective

atomus (feminine atoma, neuter atomum); first/second-declension adjective

1. indivisible

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	atomus	atoma	atomum		atomī	atomae	atoma
genitive	atomī	atomae	atomī		atomōrum	atomārum	atomōrum
dative	atomō	atomae	atomō		atomīs
accusative	atomum	atomam	atomum		atomōs	atomās	atoma
ablative	atomō	atomā	atomō		atomīs
vocative	atome	atoma	atomum		atomī	atomae	atoma

Noun

atomus f (genitive atomī); second declension

1. (physics) an atom (small particle incapable of being divided)
   • 45 BCE, Cicero, De finibus bonorum et malorum 1.17 (etc.)
   • 45 BCE, Cicero, Tusculanae disputationes 1.42
   • 45 BCE, Cicero, De fato 18 (etc.)
   • c. 15 BCE, Vitruvius, De architectura 2.2
2. (Late Latin) instant, moment (of time)
   • 207 CE – 208 CE, Tertullianus, Adversus Marcionem 3.24
   • c. 160 CE – c. 225 CE, Tertullianus, De resurrectione carnis 42

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	atomus	atomī
genitive	atomī	atomōrum
dative	atomō	atomīs
accusative	atomum	atomōs
ablative	atomō	atomīs
vocative	atome	atomī

Alternative forms

• atomos

Derived terms

• atomicus

References

• “atomus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “atomus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "atomus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “atomus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• atomus, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

Latvian

Noun

atomus m

1. accusative plural of atoms