eum

See also: -eum

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ím. The medial -u- is by analogy with eam.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈe.um/, [ˈeʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.um/, [ˈɛːum]

Pronoun

eum

1. accusative masculine singular of is

References

• eum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • such was the end of... (used of a violent death): talem vitae exitum (not finem) habuit (Nep. Eum. 13)
    
  • the matter has gone so far that...; the state of affairs is such that..: res eo or in eum locum deducta est, ut...
    
  • I felt quite at home in his house: apud eum sic fui tamquam domi meae (Fam. 13. 69)
    
  • to talk of a subject which was then the common topic of conversation: in eum sermonem incidere, qui tum fere multis erat in ore
    

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeː.um/

Noun

ēum (West Saxon)

1. dative plural of ēa