carmen
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See also: Carmen
English[edit]
Noun[edit]
carmen
- plural form of carman
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Latin casmen (“song”), believed to be for earlier *cansmen, abstract noun formed from Proto-Indo-European *kan- (“to sing”). Confer canō (“I sing, chant”).
Alternative etymology connects casmen, *cansmen to Proto-Indo-European *ḱens- (“to speak in a florid, solemn style, attest, witness”), relating it to Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌽 (hazjan, “to praise”), Old English herian (“to praise, extol, commend”). See herry.
Noun[edit]
carmen n (genitive carminis); third declension
Inflection[edit]
Third declension neuter.
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | carmen | carmina |
| genitive | carminis | carminum |
| dative | carminī | carminibus |
| accusative | carmen | carmina |
| ablative | carmine | carminibus |
| vocative | carmen | carmina |
