alumen
See also: alúmen
Latin
Etymology
Literally, “bitter salt”, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elut- + -men.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈluː.men/, [äˈɫ̪uːmɛn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈlu.men/, [äˈluːmen]
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | alūmen | alūmina |
| Genitive | alūminis | alūminum |
| Dative | alūminī | alūminibus |
| Accusative | alūmen | alūmina |
| Ablative | alūmine | alūminibus |
| Vocative | alūmen | alūmina |
Derived terms
- alūminātus
- alūminōsus
- alūta
Descendants
References
- “alumen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- alumen 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)
- alumen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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