hamus

Latin
hāmus

Etymology

Of unknown origin.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈhaː.mus/, [ˈhaː.mʊs]

Noun

hāmus m (genitive hāmī); second declension

  1. A hook
  2. A fishhook
  3. The barb of an arrow

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative hāmus hāmī
Genitive hāmī hāmōrum
Dative hāmō hāmīs
Accusative hāmum hāmōs
Ablative hāmō hāmīs
Vocative hāme hāmī

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Catalan: ham
  • Dalmatian: jam
  • French: hameçon (from diminutive form)
  • Friulian: amp
  • Galician: anzol (from diminutive form)
  • Italian: amo
  • Portuguese: anzol (from diminutive form)
  • Sardinian (Campidanese): amu
  • Sicilian: amu
  • Spanish: hamo, anzuelo (from diminutive form)

References
  • hamus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • hamus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • hamus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • hamus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • hamus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 279
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