lenimen

Latin

Etymology

From lēniō (“I soothe, alleviate”) +‎ -men (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /leːˈniː.men/, [ɫ̪eːˈniːmɛn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /leˈni.men/, [leˈniːmen]

Noun

lēnīmen n (genitive lēnīminis); third declension

1. a soothing remedy
2. alleviation, mitigation, solace

Declension

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

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lēnīmen	lēnīmina
Genitive	lēnīminis	lēnīminum
Dative	lēnīminī	lēnīminibus
Accusative	lēnīmen	lēnīmina
Ablative	lēnīmine	lēnīminibus
Vocative	lēnīmen	lēnīmina

Synonyms

• lēnīmentum

Related terms

• lēnē
• lēnīmentum
• lēniō
• lēnis
• lēnitās
• lēniter
• lēnitūdō

References

• “lenimen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “lenimen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lenimen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.