oblectamen
Latin
Etymology
oblectō (“to delight, entertain”) + -men
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɔb.ɫɛkˈtaː.mɛn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ob.lekˈt̪aː.men]
Noun
oblectāmen n (genitive oblectāminis); third declension
- a delight, an amusement
- Synonym: (more common) oblectāmentum
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | oblectāmen | oblectāmina |
| genitive | oblectāminis | oblectāminum |
| dative | oblectāminī | oblectāminibus |
| accusative | oblectāmen | oblectāmina |
| ablative | oblectāmine | oblectāminibus |
| vocative | oblectāmen | oblectāmina |
References
- “oblectamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- oblectamen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.