chymus

chymus

English

Noun

chymus (uncountable)

  1. chyme

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Ancient Greek χῡμός (khūmós)bor.
Latin chȳmus

    Borrowed from Ancient Greek χῡμός (khūmós).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    chȳmus m (genitive chȳmī); second declension

    1. The fluid of the stomach

    Declension

    Second-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative chȳmus chȳmī
    genitive chȳmī chȳmōrum
    dative chȳmō chȳmīs
    accusative chȳmum chȳmōs
    ablative chȳmō chȳmīs
    vocative chȳme chȳmī

    References

    • “chymus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “chymus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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