formidamen

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From formīdō (I dread, fear) +‎ -men (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

formīdāmen n (genitive formīdāminis); third declension

  1. A fright or spectre.

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative formīdāmen formīdāmina
Genitive formīdāminis formīdāminum
Dative formīdāminī formīdāminibus
Accusative formīdāmen formīdāmina
Ablative formīdāmine formīdāminibus
Vocative formīdāmen formīdāmina

References[edit]

  • formidamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • formidamen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.