spiramen
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From spirō (“breathe, respire; live”) + -men (noun-forming suffix).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /spiːˈraː.men/, [s̠piːˈräːmɛn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /spiˈra.men/, [spiˈräːmen]
Noun[edit]
spīrāmen n (genitive spīrāminis); third declension
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | spīrāmen | spīrāmina |
| Genitive | spīrāminis | spīrāminum |
| Dative | spīrāminī | spīrāminibus |
| Accusative | spīrāmen | spīrāmina |
| Ablative | spīrāmine | spīrāminibus |
| Vocative | spīrāmen | spīrāmina |
Synonyms[edit]
- (air hole, vent): spīrāculum
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “spiramen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- spiramen 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)
- spiramen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.