sufflamen
Latin
Etymology
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
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [sʊfˈfɫaː.mɛn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [sufˈflaː.men]
Noun
sufflāmen n (genitive sufflāminis); third declension
- A clog, brake to check the motion of a wheel
- A hindrance, an impediment
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sufflāmen | sufflāmina |
| genitive | sufflāminis | sufflāminum |
| dative | sufflāminī | sufflāminibus |
| accusative | sufflāmen | sufflāmina |
| ablative | sufflāmine | sufflāminibus |
| vocative | sufflāmen | sufflāmina |
Derived terms
References
- “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.
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “bhel-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 122-123