atomus

Unadapted borrowing from Latin atomus, from Ancient Greek ἄτομος (átomos). Doublet of atom.

atomus (plural atomi)

1. (obsolete) Synonym of atom.

• automs, Toumas, Matsuo, mautos

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄτομος (átomos, “uncut, indivisible”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈa.tɔ.mʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈaː.to.mus]

atomus (feminine atoma, neuter atomum); first/second-declension adjective

1. indivisible

First/second-declension adjective.

atomus f (genitive atomī); second declension

1. an atom, particle incapable of being divided
2. instant, moment (of time)

Second-declension noun.

• atomos

• atomicus

• “atomus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “atomus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "atomus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “atomus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

atomus m

1. accusative plural of atoms