curvamen

Latin

Etymology

curvō (“to bend”) +‎ -men

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /kurˈu̯aː.men/, [kʊrˈu̯äːmɛn]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kurˈva.men/, [kurˈväːmen]

Noun

curvāmen n (genitive curvāminis); third declension

a bend, vaulting

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	curvāmen	curvāmina
Genitive	curvāminis	curvāminum
Dative	curvāminī	curvāminibus
Accusative	curvāmen	curvāmina
Ablative	curvāmine	curvāminibus
Vocative	curvāmen	curvāmina

References

“curvamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“curvamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

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