bimulus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin bīmus

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -ulus

Latin bīmulus

From bīmus + -ulus (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈbiː.mʊ.ɫʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈbiː.mu.lus]

Adjective

bīmulus (feminine bīmula, neuter bīmulum); first/second-declension adjective

1. diminutive of bīmus, only/merely two-year-old

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	bīmulus	bīmula	bīmulum		bīmulī	bīmulae	bīmula
genitive	bīmulī	bīmulae	bīmulī		bīmulōrum	bīmulārum	bīmulōrum
dative	bīmulō	bīmulae	bīmulō		bīmulīs
accusative	bīmulum	bīmulam	bīmulum		bīmulōs	bīmulās	bīmula
ablative	bīmulō	bīmulā	bīmulō		bīmulīs
vocative	bīmule	bīmula	bīmulum		bīmulī	bīmulae	bīmula

Descendants

• Asturian: bímaru

References

• “bimulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “bimulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “bimulus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.