palpamen
Latin
Etymology
From palpō (“touch softly, stroke; caress”) + -men (noun-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [paɫˈpaː.mɛn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [palˈpaː.men]
Noun
palpāmen n (genitive palpāminis); third declension
- (Late Latin) a stroking, caressing
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | palpāmen | palpāmina |
| genitive | palpāminis | palpāminum |
| dative | palpāminī | palpāminibus |
| accusative | palpāmen | palpāmina |
| ablative | palpāmine | palpāminibus |
| vocative | palpāmen | palpāmina |
Synonyms
- (stroking): palpāmentum, palpātiō
Related terms
References
- “palpamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- palpamen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.