palpamen
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From palpō (“touch softly, stroke; caress”) + -men (noun-forming suffix).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /palˈpaː.men/, [päɫ̪ˈpäːmɛn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /palˈpa.men/, [pälˈpäːmen]
Noun[edit]
palpāmen n (genitive palpāminis); third declension
- (Late Latin) a stroking, caressing
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | palpāmen | palpāmina |
| Genitive | palpāminis | palpāminum |
| Dative | palpāminī | palpāminibus |
| Accusative | palpāmen | palpāmina |
| Ablative | palpāmine | palpāminibus |
| Vocative | palpāmen | palpāmina |
Synonyms[edit]
- (stroking): palpāmentum, palpātiō
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “palpamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- palpamen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.