LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

fūmeus

fūmeus (feminine fūmea, neuter fūmeum)
Classical[ˈfuː.me.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈfuː.me.us]

Meaning

  1. adjectivefull of smoke, smoky, smoking

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativefūmeusfūmeafūmeum
genitivefūmeīfūmeaefūmeī
dativefūmeōfūmeaefūmeō
accusativefūmeumfūmeamfūmeum
ablativefūmeōfūmeāfūmeō
vocativefūmeefūmeafūmeum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativefūmeīfūmeaefūmea
genitivefūmeōrumfūmeārumfūmeōrum
dativefūmeīsfūmeīsfūmeīs
accusativefūmeōsfūmeāsfūmea
ablativefūmeīsfūmeīsfūmeīs
vocativefūmeīfūmeaefūmea

fūmĕus, a, um, adj. id.,
I. full of smoke, smoky, smoking: lumina taedis, Verg. A. 6, 593: flatus, Macr. S. 7, 10: Acheron, Val. Fl. 4, 595: vina Massiliae, ripened by smoke, Mart. 13, 123 (cf. fumarium).

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰewh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰuh₂mós
  3. Proto-Italic*θūmos
  4. Proto-Italic*fūmos
  5. Latinfūmeus

Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus Latin fūmeus From fūmus (“smoke”) + -eus.

Quick answers

What does fūmeus mean in Latin?
fūmeus, a adjective, means “full of smoke, smoky, smoking”.
How do you pronounce fūmeus?
In classical Latin, [ˈfuː.me.ʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈfuː.me.us].
Where does fūmeus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- → Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós → Proto-Italic *θūmos → Proto-Italic *fūmos → Latin fūmeus.