[ˈfoː.mɛs], [ˈfɔː.mes]
OriginFrom Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ-. Related to Latin foveō (“I keep warm”), compare Latin fōmentum (“compress, poultice; kindling; mitigation”).
- declension-3tinder, kindling
“Ac prīmum silicī scintillam excūdit Achātēs,
succēpitque ignem foliīs, atque ārida circum” — And Achates first struck a spark from flint, and caught the fire on leaves, and so he spread dry fuel around, and hastened a flame within the tinder.
- Medieval-Latin, declension-3tinderbox
- New-Latin, declension-3fomite
Formsfōmes(canonical, masculine) · fōmitis(genitive) · fōmes(nominative, singular) · fōmitēs(nominative, plural) · fōmitis(genitive, singular) · fōmitum(genitive, plural) · fōmitī(dative, singular) · fōmitibus(dative, plural) · fōmitem(accusative, singular) · fōmitēs(accusative, plural) · fōmite(ablative, singular) · fōmitibus(ablative, plural) · fōmes(singular, vocative) · fōmitēs(plural, vocative)
Source: Wiktionary