culmus in Latin

IPA: [ˈkʊɫ.mʊs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈkul.mus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *ḱolh₂mos. Cognate with Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos, “reed, cane”) (whence the borrowed doublet calamus) and Proto-Germanic *halmaz, whence English haulm. Etymology templates: {{der|la|ine-pro|*ḱolh₂mos}} Proto-Indo-European *ḱolh₂mos, {{cog|grc|κάλαμος||reed, cane}} Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos, “reed, cane”), {{glossary|doublet}} doublet, {{doublet|la|calamus|notext=1}} calamus, {{cog|gem-pro|*halmaz}} Proto-Germanic *halmaz, {{cog|en|haulm}} English haulm Head templates: {{la-noun|culmus<2>}} culmus m (genitive culmī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|culmus<2>}} Forms: culmī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], culmus [nominative, singular], culmī [nominative, plural], culmī [genitive, singular], culmōrum [genitive, plural], culmō [dative, singular], culmīs [dative, plural], culmum [accusative, singular], culmōs [accusative, plural], culmō [ablative, singular], culmīs [ablative, plural], culme [singular, vocative], culmī [plural, vocative]

Inflected forms

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{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "lang_code": "ast",
      "word": "cuelmu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "word": "colmo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "colmo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "cuelmo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "culm"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "culmo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "curma"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "curmu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "culmo"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ḱolh₂mos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ḱolh₂mos",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "κάλαμος",
        "3": "",
        "4": "reed, cane"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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        "1": "doublet"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "calamus",
        "notext": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "calamus",
      "name": "doublet"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*halmaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *halmaz",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "haulm"
      },
      "expansion": "English haulm",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *ḱolh₂mos. Cognate with Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos, “reed, cane”) (whence the borrowed doublet calamus) and Proto-Germanic *halmaz, whence English haulm.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "culmī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "culmus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "culmī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "culmī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "culmōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "culmō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "culmīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "culmum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "culmōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "culmō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "culmīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "culme",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "culmī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "culmus<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "culmus m (genitive culmī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "culmus<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "61 6 6 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "stalk, stem (of grass etc.)"
      ],
      "id": "en-culmus-la-noun-5E1gk9O6",
      "links": [
        [
          "stalk",
          "stalk"
        ],
        [
          "stem",
          "stem"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "hay"
      ],
      "id": "en-culmus-la-noun-TjDqJc2h",
      "links": [
        [
          "hay",
          "hay"
        ]
      ],
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        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "straw"
      ],
      "id": "en-culmus-la-noun-6foEU4aU",
      "links": [
        [
          "straw",
          "straw"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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          "_dis": "23 23 23 30",
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          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 10 10 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 6 6 70",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "thatch"
      ],
      "id": "en-culmus-la-noun-npf0519N",
      "links": [
        [
          "thatch",
          "thatch"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkʊɫ.mʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkul.mus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "culmus"
}

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{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 2-syllable words",
    "Latin doublets",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin masculine nouns",
    "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin second declension nouns",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "lang_code": "ast",
      "word": "cuelmu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "word": "colmo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "colmo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "cuelmo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "culm"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "culmo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "curma"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "curmu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "culmo"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ḱolh₂mos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ḱolh₂mos",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "κάλαμος",
        "3": "",
        "4": "reed, cane"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos, “reed, cane”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "doublet"
      },
      "expansion": "doublet",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "calamus",
        "notext": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "calamus",
      "name": "doublet"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*halmaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *halmaz",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "haulm"
      },
      "expansion": "English haulm",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *ḱolh₂mos. Cognate with Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos, “reed, cane”) (whence the borrowed doublet calamus) and Proto-Germanic *halmaz, whence English haulm.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "culmī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "culmus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "culmī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "culmī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "culmōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "culmō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "culmīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "culmum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "culmōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "culmō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "culmīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "culme",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "culmī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "culmus<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "culmus m (genitive culmī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "culmus<2>"
      },
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  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        "stalk, stem (of grass etc.)"
      ],
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        [
          "stalk",
          "stalk"
        ],
        [
          "stem",
          "stem"
        ]
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        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "hay"
      ],
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        [
          "hay",
          "hay"
        ]
      ],
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        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "straw"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "straw",
          "straw"
        ]
      ],
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        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "thatch"
      ],
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        [
          "thatch",
          "thatch"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkʊɫ.mʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkul.mus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "culmus"
}

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"culmus" meaning in Latin

Noun

Inflected forms