alumen
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See also: alúmen
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Literally, “bitter salt”, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elut- + -men.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈluː.men/, [äˈɫ̪uːmɛn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈlu.men/, [äˈluːmen]
Noun[edit]
alūmen n (genitive alūminis); third declension
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | alūmen | alūmina |
Genitive | alūminis | alūminum |
Dative | alūminī | alūminibus |
Accusative | alūmen | alūmina |
Ablative | alūmine | alūminibus |
Vocative | alūmen | alūmina |
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “alumen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- alumen 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)
- alumen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.