duumとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

An inflected form of duo (“two”) from Old Latin, where the use of -um instead of -ōrum (cf. Latin duōrum) at the end of second-declension nouns was an archaic feature.

発音

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdu.um/, [ˈd̪uʊ̃ˑ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdu.um/, [ˈd̪uːum]

数詞

duum

1. genitive masculine of duo
   • 3rd c. BC, Gnaeus Naevius, Tarentilla:

     Salvi et fortunati sitis duo duum nostrum patres!

     Good day, good luck to you, the two fathers of us two!