curvamen

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Latin

Etymology

curvō (“to bend”) +‎ -men

Pronunciation

Noun

curvāmen n (genitive curvāminis); third declension

  1. 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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