ferrumen
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Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From earlier ferūmen, from the root of ferveō plus -ūmen after bitūmen and alūmen. The gemination arose under the influence of ferrum.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ferˈruː.men/, [fɛrˈruːmɛn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ferˈru.men/, [ferˈruːmen]
Noun[edit]
ferrūmen n (genitive ferrūminis); third declension
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ferrūmen | ferrūmina |
| Genitive | ferrūminis | ferrūminum |
| Dative | ferrūminī | ferrūminibus |
| Accusative | ferrūmen | ferrūmina |
| Ablative | ferrūmine | ferrūminibus |
| Vocative | ferrūmen | ferrūmina |
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Spanish: herrumbre
References[edit]
- “ferrumen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ferrumen 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)
- ferrumen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938) “ferrumen”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 486
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “ferūmen”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 215