linimen

Latin

Etymology

From liniō (“I daub, besmear, anoint”) +‎ -men (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /liˈniː.men/, [lʲɪˈniːmɛn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /liˈni.men/, [liˈniːmen]

Noun

linīmen n (genitive linīminis); third declension

1. grease

Declension

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

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	linīmen	linīmina
Genitive	linīminis	linīminum
Dative	linīminī	linīminibus
Accusative	linīmen	linīmina
Ablative	linīmine	linīminibus
Vocative	linīmen	linīmina

Related terms

• linīmentum

References

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