What does rheuma mean in Latin?

rheuma, a noun, means “catarrh, rheum; tide (of the sea)”.

What is the genitive of rheuma?

The genitive singular is rheumatis. rheuma is neuter, third declension.

In classical Latin, [ˈrʰɛu̯.ma]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈrɛːu̯.ma].

Proto-Indo-European *ser-? → Proto-Indo-European *srew- → Proto-Indo-European *sréwmn̥? → Proto-Hellenic *hréumə → Latin rheuma.

noun · neuterthird declension

rheuma n (genitive rheumatis)

Classical[ˈrʰɛu̯.ma]Ecclesiastical[ˈrɛːu̯.ma]

neutercatarrh, rheum
neutertide (of the sea)
Qui videlicet locus accedente ac recedente reumate, bis cotidie instar insulae maris circumluitur undis, bis renudato littore contiguus terrae redditur.This same place, each and every day as the tide ebbs and goes, is twice surrounded and washed like an island by the sea waves, as is twice, its shores dried, rendered back contiguous with land.Beda Venerabilis, C.730 AD Historia Ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum.III.3

declension
form	singular	plural
nominative	rheuma	rheumata reumata, rheumae
genitive	rheumatis reumatis, rheumae	rheumatum reumatum, rheumārum
dative	rheumatī reumatī, rheumae	rheumatibus reumatibus, rheumīs
accusative	rheuma rheumam	rheumata reumata, rheumās
ablative	rheumate reumate	rheumatibus reumatibus, rheumīs
vocative	rheuma	rheumata reumata, rheumae

rheuma, ătis, n., = ῥεῦμα.

I. A flow, flood: maris (i. e. aestus), Veg. Mil. 5, 12.—

II. A catarrh, rheum, Hier. Ep. 122, 1.

Ancient Greek ῥεῦμα (rheûma)bor. Latin rheuma Borrowed from Ancient Greek ῥεῦμα (rheûma).

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