LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

spūma

spūma f (genitive spūmae)
Classical[ˈspuː.ma]Ecclesiastical[ˈspuː.ma]

Meaning

  1. foam, froth, slime

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Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativespūmaspūmae
genitivespūmaespūmārum
dativespūmaespūmīs
accusativespūmamspūmās
ablativespūmāspūmīs
vocativespūmaspūmae

spūma, ae, f. spuo.
I. In gen., foam, froth, scum, spume from the mouth; of the sea; in boiling, etc. (class.; used alike in sing. and plur.): spiritus (equi) ex animā calidā spumas agit albas, foams, Enn. ap. Macr. 6, 3 (Ann. v. 507 Vahl.): vi morbi coactus Concidit et spumas agit, Lucr. 3, 489; cf.: cum spumas ageret in ore, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66, § 148; Ov. M. 3, 74: per armos Spuma (apri) fluit, id. ib. 8, 288: Venus altera spuma procreata, Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 59; cf. Ov. M. 4, 538: spumas salis aere ruebant, Verg. A. 1, 35: lac spumis stridentibus albet, Ov. Am. 3, 5, 13: sanguinis, id. M. 8, 417; 7, 263: equi, Plin. 28, 11, 48, § 174: cochleae, id. 29, 6, 37, § 116; Col. 7, 5, 19; of men, Lucr. 6, 793.—
II. In partic., silver-spume, litharge of silver: argenti, Plin. 33, 6, 34, § 102 sq.; 34, 18, 54, § 176: spuma caustica, a pomade used by the Teutones for dyeing the hair red, Mart. 14, 26; called also spuma Batava, id. 8, 33, 20: nitri, Plin. 31, 10, 46, § 112.

Origins

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)poHy-mos, from *(s)poH(y)- (“foam”). Related to pūmex.

Descendants
  • Catalanescuma
  • Catalanespuma
  • Englishspumefrom Old French espume
  • Italianspuma
  • Occitanescuma
  • Occitanescruma
  • Occitanespuma
  • Portugueseespuma
  • Portugueseescuma
  • Romanianspumă

Quick answers

What does spūma mean in Latin?
spūma, a noun, means “foam, froth, slime”.
What is the genitive of spūma?
The genitive singular is spūmae. spūma is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce spūma?
In classical Latin, [ˈspuː.ma]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈspuː.ma].