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noun · masculinesecond declension

grūmus

grūmus m (genitive grūmī)

Meaning

  1. little heap of earth (not as big as a tumulus)
    Īnsuper autem stipitīs inter sē religantēs mētās efficiunt, quās harundinibus et sarmentīs tegentēs exaggerābant suprā habitātiōnis ē terrā maximōs grūmōs.But on the top they make pyramids by fastening together logs, which, covering with reeds and twigs, they piled up over the dwellings as great mounds.c. 15 BCE, Vitruvius, De architectura 2.1.5
    grūmus terrae collectiō minor tumulō.grumus are heaps of earth smaller than tumuli1839 [8th century CE], Paulus Diaconus, edited by Karl Otfried Müller, Excerpta ex libris Pompeii Festi De significatione verborum, page 96, line 16:

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Collis · Clivus · Tumulus · Grumus

Collis; Clivus; Tumulus; Grumus; Collis and clivus denote a greater hill or little mountain; collis (from celsus) like κολωνός, as an eminence, in opp. to the plain beneath, and therefore somewhat steep; clivus, like κλιτύς, as a sloping plain, in opp. to an horizontal plain, and therefore only gradually ascending; whereas tumulus and grumus mean only a hillock, or great mound; tumulus, like ὄχθος, means either a natural or artificial elevation; grumus, only an artificial elevation, like χῶμα. Colum. Arbor. a. f. Collem autem et clivum, modum jugeri continentem repastinabis operis sexaginta. Liv. xxi. 32. Erigentibus in primos agmen clivos, apparuerunt imminentes tumulos insidentes montani. Hirt. B. Hisp. 24. Ex grumo excelsum tumulum capiebat. (ii. 121.)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativegrūmus
grūmulus		grūmī
grūmulī
genitivegrūmī
grūmulī		grūmōrum
grūmulōrum
dativegrūmō
grūmulō		grūmīs
grūmulīs
accusativegrūmum
grūmulum		grūmōs
grūmulōs
ablativegrūmō
grūmulō		grūmīs
grūmulīs
vocativegrūme
grūmule		grūmī
grūmulī

grūmus, i, m.,
I. a little heap, hillock of earth: grumus terrae collectio minor tumulo, Paul. ex Fest. p. 96 Müll.; Att. ap. Non. 15, 24; Col. 2, 17, 4; Vitr. 2, 1; 8, 3; Auct. B. Hisp. 24.

Origins

Likely from an earlier form *grōmos, related to gremium (see there for more). Compare Proto-Slavic *gromada (“pile”), Proto-Indo-Iranian *grā́mas (“town”).

Descendants
  • Catalangrum
  • Italiangrumo
  • Frenchgrumeau
  • Occitangrum
  • Occitangrom
  • Occitangrun
  • Occitangron
  • Occitangrup
  • Occitangru
  • Portuguesegomo

In English words that came into English from grūmus

  • grumegrūmus

Quick answers

What does grūmus mean in Latin?
grūmus, a noun, means “little heap of earth (not as big as a tumulus)”.
What is the genitive of grūmus?
The genitive singular is grūmī. grūmus is masculine, second declension.