aeramen

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Latin

Etymology

From aer- (“copper, bronze”) +‎ -men. Attested in the Codex Theodosianus and the writings of Theodorus Priscianus.[1]

Noun

aerāmen n (genitive aerāminis); third declension (Late Latin)

  1. copper
    Synonym: cuprum
  2. bronze

Declension

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

Case Singular Plural
Nominative aerāmen aerāmina
Genitive aerāminis aerāminum
Dative aerāminī aerāminibus
Accusative aerāmen aerāmina
Ablative aerāmine aerāminibus
Vocative aerāmen aerāmina

Descendants

Reflexes of an assumed variant *arāmen: (possibly attested in the 6th or 9th century)[2]

References

  1. ^ “aeramen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  2. ^ https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/pdf/10.1086/386640

Further reading

  • aeramen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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