levamen
Latin
Etymology
From levō (“I soften, mitigate”) + -men. See also levāmentum.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /leˈwaː.men/, [ɫɛˈwaː.mɛn]
Inflection
Third declension neuter.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | levāmen | levāmina |
| Genitive | levāminis | levāminum |
| Dative | levāminī | levāminibus |
| Accusative | levāmen | levāmina |
| Ablative | levāmine | levāminibus |
| Vocative | levāmen | levāmina |
Descendants
(from the Late or Vulgar Latin, with the sense of "leaven")
References
- levamen in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- levamen in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- levamen in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- levamen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
This article is issued from
Wiktionary.
The text is licensed under Creative
Commons - Attribution - Sharealike.
Additional terms may apply for the media files.