Noun: armus
Hyphenation:
Gender: Masculine
Declension: Second
Genitive
| Singular | armī |
| Plural | armōrum |
Accusative
| Singular | armum |
| Plural | armōs |
Sample Sentences
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Arma propriē dīcuntur ab armīs, id est humerīs, dēpendentia, ut scūtum, gladius, pūgiō, sīca; ut ea, quibus procul proeliāmur, tēla. (Arma 'weapons' are, properly speaking, that which hangs from the armī, that is 'shoulders,' such as the shield, sword, dirk, dagger; as are those, by which we fight at a distance, missiles.) [1839 [8th century CE], Paulus Diaconus, edited by Karl Otfried Müller, Excerpta ex libris Pompeii Festi De significatione verborum, page 2, line 13:]
Nouns inflected like armus
priāpismus,
scāpus,
servus,
cuneolus,
sargus,
saccus,
scarus,
scinus,
scopus,
illēgitimus,
sorbus,
sophus,
somnus,
Hispānus,
soccus,
sirpus,
siclus,
icterus,
cunīculus,
xystus, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Inherited from Proto-Italic *ar(a)mos, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erH-mo-s (“arm”). The full-grade pre-form is perhaps also attested in Serbo-Croatian раме (rȁme, “arm”). However, other Indo-European cognates, such as Sanskrit ईर्म (īrmá, “arm, forequarter”), reflect a zero-grade form *h₂r̥H-mó-s. Schrijver, however, considers it impossible for the Latin term to reflect such a zero-grade PIE term, as otherwise PIE *HRHC yields Latin *RăC, such as in rapiō (“to snatch”), from *h₁reh₁p-. In contrast, Prósper suggests a derivation from *Hə́rH.mo-, from *h₂r̥H-mó-s, though this theory relies on own proposed sound law *#CṚ́HC > CaR.C. In any case, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- (“to join, fit, attach”).
2. Latin cognates include arma, armentum, artus, ars; external cognates include Ossetian арм (arm, “hand”), Bulgarian ра́мо (rámo, “shoulder”), and English arm. See: Bulgarian Nouns '
ра́мо', English Nouns '
arm'.
Verbs referencing "armus"
English Nouns
arm, German Nouns
Arm, Old English Nouns
earm, Ancient Greek Nouns
ἁρμός, Latin Nouns
armilla.
Translations