liquamen

Borrowed from Latin liquamen.

liquamen (uncountable)

1. (historical) A fish sauce used in Ancient Rome.

• garum

Derived from liquō (“I melt, liquefy”) +‎ -men (noun-forming suffix).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /liˈkʷaː.men/, [lɪˈkʷaː.mɛn]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /liˈkwa.men/, [liˈkwaː.men]

liquāmen n (genitive liquāminis); third declension

1. liquid mixture
2. fish sauce

Third declension neuter.

• liquamentum

• Italian: liquame

• garum

• liquamen in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• liquamen in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• liquamen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette