celeusma

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κέλευσμα (kéleusma).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /keˈleu̯s.ma/, [kɛˈɫ̪ɛu̯s̠mä]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃeˈleu̯s.ma/, [t͡ʃeˈlɛu̯zmä]

Noun

celeusma n (genitive celeusmatis); third declension
celeusma f (genitive celeusmae); first declension

(nautical) A call given by the stroke to other oarsmen to keep time

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	celeusma	celeusmata
Genitive	celeusmatis	celeusmatum
Dative	celeusmatī	celeusmatibus
Accusative	celeusma	celeusmata
Ablative	celeusmate	celeusmatibus
Vocative	celeusma	celeusmata

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	celeusma	celeusmae
Genitive	celeusmae	celeusmārum
Dative	celeusmae	celeusmīs
Accusative	celeusmam	celeusmās
Ablative	celeusmā	celeusmīs
Vocative	celeusma	celeusmae

Descendants

Ligurian: ciüsma (Old Genoese)
- → Italian: ciurma
  - → Catalan: xurma
  - → French: chiourme
  - → Greek: τσούρμο (tsoúrmo)
  - → Occitan: chorma
- → Portuguese: chusma
- → Spanish: chusma
Sicilian: chiurma
Spanish: saloma

References

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

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