aspiramen

Latin

Etymology

From aspīrō (“I breathe, blow”) +‎ -men (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /as.piːˈraː.men/, [äs̠piːˈräːmɛn]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /as.piˈra.men/, [äspiˈräːmen]

Noun

aspīrāmen n (genitive aspīrāminis); third declension

  1. A blowing or breathing, hence communicating.

Declension

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

Case Singular Plural
Nominative aspīrāmen aspīrāmina
Genitive aspīrāminis aspīrāminum
Dative aspīrāminī aspīrāminibus
Accusative aspīrāmen aspīrāmina
Ablative aspīrāmine aspīrāminibus
Vocative aspīrāmen aspīrāmina

References
  • “aspiramen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • aspiramen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • aspiramen in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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