modulamen

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From modulor (to sing) +‎ -men.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

modulāmen n (genitive modulāminis); third declension

  1. singing, chanting, making music
  2. song, melody
  3. harmony, euphony

Declension[edit]

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

Case Singular Plural
Nominative modulāmen modulāmina
Genitive modulāminis modulāminum
Dative modulāminī modulāminibus
Accusative modulāmen modulāmina
Ablative modulāmine modulāminibus
Vocative modulāmen modulāmina

References[edit]

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