ferrumen
Latin
Etymology
From ferrum (“iron”) + -men (noun-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ferˈruː.men/, [fɛrˈruːmɛn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ferˈru.men/, [ferˈruːmen]
Noun
ferrūmen n (genitive ferrūminis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ferrūmen | ferrūmina |
| genitive | ferrūminis | ferrūminum |
| dative | ferrūminī | ferrūminibus |
| accusative | ferrūmen | ferrūmina |
| ablative | ferrūmine | ferrūminibus |
| vocative | ferrūmen | ferrūmina |
Related terms
Descendants
- Spanish: herrumbre
References
- “ferrumen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ferrumen 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)
- ferrumen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.