palpamen
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From palpō (“touch softly, stroke; caress”) + -men (noun-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /palˈpaː.men/, [päɫ̪ˈpäːmɛn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /palˈpa.men/, [pälˈpäːmen]
Noun
[edit]palpāmen n (genitive palpāminis); third declension
- (Late Latin) a stroking, caressing
Declension
[edit]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
[edit]- (stroking): palpāmentum, palpātiō
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “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.