solamen
See also: Solamen
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“of good mood, to favor”), with the noun-forming suffix -men.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /soːˈlaː.men/, [s̠oːˈɫ̪äːmɛn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /soˈla.men/, [soˈläːmen]
Noun
sōlāmen n (genitive sōlāminis); third declension
- A consolation or comfort
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | sōlāmen | sōlāmina |
Genitive | sōlāminis | sōlāminum |
Dative | sōlāminī | sōlāminibus |
Accusative | sōlāmen | sōlāmina |
Ablative | sōlāmine | sōlāminibus |
Vocative | sōlāmen | sōlāmina |
References
- “solamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “solamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- solamen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.