noun · masculinethird declension
cucumis
cucumis m (genitive cucumeris or cucumis)
Classical[ˈkʊ.kʊ.mɪs]Ecclesiastical[ˈkuː.ku.mis]
Meaning
- masculineCucumis melo var. flexuosus: the preferred type in Roman Italy, today known as the Armenian cucumber, snake melon or vegetable melon
- masculineany other variety of Cucumis melo
- masculineCitrullus lanatus: watermelon
- masculineEcballium elaterium: squirting cucumber (usually with an epithet like anguīnus or errāticus)
- masculinesea cucumber
- Medieval LatinNew LatinmasculineCucumis sativus: garden cucumber
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cucumis | cucumerēs cucumēs |
| genitive | cucumeris cucumis | cucumerum cucumium |
| dative | cucumerī cucumī | cucumeribus cucumibus |
| accusative | cucumerem cucumim | cucumerēs cucumēs, cucumīs |
| ablative | cucumere cucumī | cucumeribus cucumibus |
| vocative | cucumis | cucumerēs cucumēs |
cŭcŭmis, ĕris (is, sometimes in the Nat. Hist. of Pliny; e. g. acc. cucumim, Plin. 9, 2, 1, § 3; 20, 1, 2, § 3; abl. cucumi, id. 20, 9, 40, § 103 al.;
I.
together with cucumeris, id. 19, 5, 23, § 68; 19, 12, 61, § 186: cucumeres, id. 19, 5, 24, § 69 (cucumis, Sillig): cucumerum, id. 19, 5, 23, § 68 al.), m. I. A cucumber, Col. 11, 3, 48; Plin. 19, 5, 23, § 64 sq.; Pall. Mart. 9, 7; Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 25; Verg. G. 4, 122 al.—
II. A sea-plant, similar in color and odor to the cucumber, Plin. 9, 2, 1, § 3.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
cucumis eris, m
a cucumber, V.
Origins
A wanderwort likely ultimately from Sumerian 𒄾 (ukuš₂, “cucumber”) or an unidentified pre-Indo-European Mediterranean substrate language; see Arabic قِثَّاء (qiṯṯāʔ, “snake melon”), as well as Ancient Greek σῐκῠ́ᾱ (sĭkŭ́ā, “bottle gourd”). Compare especially Ancient Greek κύκυον (kúkuon), κυκύϊζα (kukúïza, “a type of sweet round gourd”).
Insular Romance
- Sardiniancogúmbiu
- Sardiniancucúmene
- Sardiniancugúmbiri
- Sardiniancugúmbiu
- Sardiniancugúmene
- Sardiniancugúmere
- Sardiniancugúmeri
- Sardiniancugúmeru
- Sardiniancugùmine
- Sardiniancugúmini
Southern Gallo-Romance
- Catalancogombre
- Occitancocombrefrom Old Occitan cocombre
- Occitancodombrefrom Old Occitan cocombre
- Occitancogombrefrom Old Occitan cocombre
- Occitancolombrefrom Old Occitan cocombre
- Gasconcogomfrom Old Occitan cocombre
Ibero-Romance
- Portuguesecogombrofrom Old Galician-Portuguese cogombro
- Spanishcohombro
- Spanishcogombro
- Galiciancogombrofrom Old Galician-Portuguese cogombro
Italo-Dalmatian
- Italiancocomero
- Romaniancucumărfrom Venetan cocomaro
- Dalmatiancucumar
- Siciliancucummru
Borrowings
- GermanCucumerfrom Middle High German cucumer
- GermanKukumerfrom Middle High German cucumer
- Alemannic GermanGugummerefrom Middle High German cucumer
- Alemannic GermanGuggummerefrom Middle High German cucumer
- BavarianGugumerfrom Middle High German cucumer
- Slovenekúmarafrom Middle High German cucumer
- Slovenekukumərfrom Middle High German cucumer
- Slovenekukumrafrom Middle High German cucumer
- Palatine GermanKukumerfrom Middle High German cucumer
- Palatine GermanKukummerfrom Middle High German cucumer
Rhaeto-Romance
- Friuliancudumar
- Ladincucumero
- Romanshcucumer
- Romanshcucumera
Gallo-Italic
- Emiliancucümar
- Emiliancucòmbar
- Emiliancheumar
- Emiliancumar
- Emiliangombar
- Gallo-Italic of Sicilycocombar
- Ligurianchighéumou
- Ligurianchigèumori
- Liguriancughéumai
- Ligurianchigèummo
Northern Gallo-Romance
- Old Frenchcocombre
In English words that came into English from cucumis
- cucumbercucumis
- cucumiformcucumis