levamen
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From levō (“I soften, mitigate”) + -men. See also levāmentum.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /leˈu̯aː.men/, [ɫ̪eˈu̯äːmɛn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /leˈva.men/, [leˈväːmen]
Noun
[edit]levāmen n (genitive levāminis); third declension
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | levāmen | levāmina |
| genitive | levāminis | levāminum |
| dative | levāminī | levāminibus |
| accusative | levāmen | levāmina |
| ablative | levāmine | levāminibus |
| vocative | levāmen | levāmina |
References
[edit]- “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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- levamen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.