LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

pōmum

pōmum n (genitive pōmī)
Classical[ˈpoː.mũː]Ecclesiastical[ˈpɔː.mum]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. any type of fruit (applied to apples, cherries, nuts, berries, figs, dates, etc.)
    stābat adhūc dūrīs fīcus dēnsissima pōmīs There stood a fig-tree loaded with fruit, [although it was] still hard [unripe]. There stood a fig-tree, still loaded with unripe fruit. (Joins the ablative plurals dūrīs and pōmīs.)8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 2.253
  2. fruit tree

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

frūctus arboris dulcis; pōma mātūra cadunt.
pōmum -ī n — in Mille Verba, Arborēs et Plantae

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativepōmum
pōmusculum		pōma
pōmuscula
genitivepōmī
pōmusculī		pōmōrum
pōmusculōrum
dativepōmō
pōmusculō		pōmīs
pōmusculīs
accusativepōmum
pōmusculum		pōma
pōmuscula
ablativepōmō
pōmusculō		pōmīs
pōmusculīs
vocativepōmum
pōmusculum		pōma
pōmuscula

pōmum, i, n. root pa- of pasco, q. v..
I. Lit., fruit of any kind (apples, cherries, nuts, berries, figs, dates, etc.), Varr. R. R. 1, 31; Plin. 15, 18, 20, § 74; 15, 24, 30, § 104; 16, 26, 49, § 113; 17, 26, 39, § 247; Cic. ap. Macr. S. 2, 16: poma, fruit, Verg. E. 7, 54; Ov. M. 13, 812; cf. Macr. S. 2, 6, 1.—Of truffles, Mart. 13, 50, 2.—Of grapes, Dig. 50, 16, 205; Nemes. Ecl. 3, 38: et pomis arbores replebuntur, Vulg. Lev. 26, 4.—
II. Transf., for pomus, a fruit-tree, Cato, R. R. 28; Verg. G. 2, 426; Plin. 18, 26, 65, § 240; Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 35.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂epo
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₁em-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₂po-h₁ém-os
  5. Proto-Italic*poomos
  6. Latinpōmum

Inherited from Proto-Italic *poomos. Likely from Proto-Italic *po-emo- (“picked off”), or possibly *po-omo- or *pe-omo-.

Borrowings
  • Portuguesepomo
  • Spanishpomo
  • Portuguesepoma
  • Spanishpoma
  • Albanianpemë
Southern Gallo-Romance
  • Catalanpom
  • Catalanpoma
  • Occitanpomafrom Old Occitan poma
  • Auvergnatpòm
  • Provençalpom
  • Vivaro-Alpinepom
Balkano-Romance
  • Romanianpom
  • Romanianpoamă
  • Aromanianpom
  • Aromanianpoamã
Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italianpomo
  • Sicilianpumu
  • Sicilianpummu
  • Venetanpomo
Italo-Romance
  • Italianpoma
  • Sicilianpuma
Gallo-Italic
  • Emilianpùm
  • Emilianpàm
  • Lombardpom
  • Alemannic Germanpumfrom Piedmontese pom
  • Lombardpoma
  • Piedmontesepoma
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friulianpome
Northern Gallo-Romance
  • Franco-Provençalpoma
  • Old Frenchpome
  • Old Frenchpomme
  • Old Frenchpoume
  • Old Frenchpume
Ibero-Romance
  • Ribagorçanpoma
  • Galicianpoma
  • Asturianpoma
  • Leonesepoma

Quick answers

What does pōmum mean in Latin?
pōmum, a noun, means “any type of fruit (applied to apples, cherries, nuts, berries, figs, dates, etc.); fruit tree”.
What is the genitive of pōmum?
The genitive singular is pōmī. pōmum is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce pōmum?
In classical Latin, [ˈpoː.mũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈpɔː.mum].
Where does pōmum come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep → Proto-Indo-European *h₂epo → Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- → Proto-Indo-European *h₂po-h₁ém-os → Proto-Italic *poomos → Latin pōmum.