aspiramen
Latin
Etymology
From aspīrō (“I breathe, blow”) + -men (noun-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [as.piːˈraː.mɛn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [as.piˈraː.men]
Noun
aspīrāmen n (genitive aspīrāminis); third declension
- A blowing or breathing, hence communicating.
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | aspīrāmen | aspīrāmina |
| genitive | aspīrāminis | aspīrāminum |
| dative | aspīrāminī | aspīrāminibus |
| accusative | aspīrāmen | aspīrāmina |
| ablative | aspīrāmine | aspīrāminibus |
| vocative | aspīrāmen | aspīrāmina |
References
- “aspiramen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- aspiramen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- aspiramen in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016