levamen
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From levō (“I soften, mitigate”) + -men. See also levāmentum.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /leˈu̯aː.men/, [ɫ̪eˈu̯äːmɛn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /leˈva.men/, [leˈväːmen]
Noun
[edit]levāmen n (genitive levāminis); third declension
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | levāmen | levāmina |
| Genitive | levāminis | levāminum |
| Dative | levāminī | levāminibus |
| Accusative | levāmen | levāmina |
| Ablative | levāmine | levāminibus |
| Vocative | levāmen | levāmina |
References
[edit]- “levamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “levamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- levamen 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)
- levamen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.