spiramen
Latin
Etymology
From spirō (“breathe, respire; live”) + -men (noun-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [spiːˈraː.mɛn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [spiˈraː.men]
Noun
spīrāmen n (genitive spīrāminis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | spīrāmen | spīrāmina |
| genitive | spīrāminis | spīrāminum |
| dative | spīrāminī | spīrāminibus |
| accusative | spīrāmen | spīrāmina |
| ablative | spīrāmine | spīrāminibus |
| vocative | spīrāmen | spīrāmina |
Synonyms
- (air hole, vent): spīrāculum
Related terms
References
- “spiramen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- "spiramen", 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)
- spiramen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.