[ˈfɛ.mʊr], [ˈfɛː.mur]
OriginUncertain. The heteroclitic (r/n) inflection is rather archaic (as also seen in iecur and iter), descending from Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ ~ *-n-, but no secure Proto-Indo-European origin for femur can be found. De Vaan and Lubotsky tentatively support Steinbauer's derivation from Proto-Indo-European *dʰénwr̥ (“arc, bow”); this is semantically attractive, but the hypothetical change from *-nw- to *-(n)m- from Proto-Indo-European to Latin is strange.
- declension-3, neuterthigh
- declension-3, neuterthighbone
- declension-3, figuratively, neuterthe loins; capacity to produce children
- declension-3, neuterthe space between the grooves of a triglyph
- active, first-person, form-of, plural, presentfirst-person plural present active subjunctive of for
Formsfeminis(genitive) · femoris(genitive) · femur(nominative, singular) · femina(nominative, plural) · femora(nominative, plural) · feminis(genitive, singular) · femoris(genitive, singular) · feminum(genitive, plural) · femorum(genitive, plural) · feminī(dative, singular) · femorī(dative, singular) · feminibus(dative, plural) · femoribus(dative, plural) · femur(accusative, singular) · femina(accusative, plural) · femora(accusative, plural) · femine(ablative, singular) · femore(ablative, singular) · feminibus(ablative, plural) · femoribus(ablative, plural)
Source: Wiktionary