Noun: hiems
Hyphenation:
Gender: Feminine
Declension: Third
Nominative
| Singular | hiems |
| Plural | hiemēs |
Genitive
| Singular | hiemis |
| Plural | hiemum |
Dative
| Singular | hiemī |
| Plural | hiemibus |
Accusative
| Singular | hiemem |
| Plural | hiemēs |
Ablative
| Singular | hieme |
| Plural | hiemibus |
Vocative
| Singular | hiems |
| Plural | hiemēs |
Sample Sentences
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quid, quod hiems adoperta gelū tunc dēnique cēdit, et pereunt lāpsae sōle tepente nivēs (What of the fact that then frost-covered winter finally gives way, and the snows perish, melted in the warming sun; …. (trans. Anne and Peter Wiseman, 2011)) [8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 3.235–236]
Nouns inflected like hiems
pēnelops,
antilops,
rhynchōps,
satraps,
scolops,
antihērōs,
chalybs,
cyclōps,
epops,
adips,
hiems,
hyems,
trabs,
ops,
stips,
Trōs,
superhērōs,
hydrōps,
Cynips,
cynōps, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. From Proto-Italic *hiem-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéyōm or similar.
2. Cognate with Ancient Greek χιών (khiṓn, “snow”), χεῖμα (kheîma, “winter, storm”), χειμών (kheimṓn, “winter, storm”), Persian زمستان (zemestân), Albanian dimër, Welsh gaeaf, Sanskrit हिम (himá), Hittite 𒄀𒈠𒀭 (gi-ma-an /giman/), Armenian ձմեռ (jmeṙ), and Proto-Slavic *zima. See: Ancient Greek Nouns '
χιών'.
Verbs referencing "hiems"
Ancient Greek Nouns
χιών.
Translations