sufflamen

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Latin

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Etymology

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From a derivation of Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ- (beam, plank), with the prefix sub- (under-) and the concrete-noun suffix -men. Compare Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phálanx) and Old High German balcho.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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sufflāmen n (genitive sufflāminis); third declension

  1. A clog, brake to check the motion of a wheel
  2. A hindrance, an impediment

Declension

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Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sufflāmen sufflāmina
Genitive sufflāminis sufflāminum
Dative sufflāminī sufflāminibus
Accusative sufflāmen sufflāmina
Ablative sufflāmine sufflāminibus
Vocative sufflāmen sufflāmina

Derived terms

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References

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  • sufflamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sufflamen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “bhel-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 122-123