cavamen
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From cavō (“I hollow out”) + -men (noun-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kaˈu̯aː.men/, [käˈu̯äːmɛn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kaˈva.men/, [käˈväːmen]
Noun
[edit]cavāmen n (genitive cavāminis); third declension
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cavāmen | cavāmina |
| Genitive | cavāminis | cavāminum |
| Dative | cavāminī | cavāminibus |
| Accusative | cavāmen | cavāmina |
| Ablative | cavāmine | cavāminibus |
| Vocative | cavāmen | cavāmina |
References
[edit]- “cavamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cavamen 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)
- cavamen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.