noun · masculinesecond declension
dūmus
dūmus m (genitive dūmī)
Classical[ˈduː.mʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈduː.mus]
Meaning
- bush, shrub
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
frutex spīnōsusdūmus -ī (m) — in Aeneis, ch. 19
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Dumi · Sentes · Vepres
Dumi denotes bushes growing thickly together, which present the appearance of a wilderness; sentes, prickly and wounding bushes, thorn-bushes; vepres combines both meanings; thorn-bushes which make the ground a wilderness. (vi. 108.)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dūmus | dūmī |
| genitive | dūmī | dūmōrum |
| dative | dūmō | dūmīs |
| accusative | dūmum | dūmōs |
| ablative | dūmō | dūmīs |
| vocative | dūme | dūmī |
dūmus (old form dusmus, v. dumosus), i, m. dusmus for densimus, from densus,
I. a thorn-bush, bramble, Cic. Tusc. 5, 23, 65; Verg. G. 3, 315; 338; 4, 130; id. A. 4, 526 et saep.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
(dūmus ī), m
a thorn-bush, bramble. — Only plur, a thicket: e dumis eminens: silvestres, V.
Origins
From Old Latin dū̆smus (“thickety”, adjective), a form attributed to Livius Andronicus and translated as dūmosus by Paul the Deacon's epitome of Festus. Further etymology uncertain; De Vaan and Schrijver cite Old Irish dos (“tree, bush, thicket”) as a likely cognate, from which a common stem *dus- can be reconstructed. Other possible cognates include Middle High German zūsach (“thicket”).