firmamen

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Latin

Etymology

fīrmō (“to strengthen”) +‎ -men

Pronunciation

Noun

firmāmen n (genitive firmāminis); third declension

  1. (poetic) a prop, support
    Synonym: firmāmentum

Declension

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

Case Singular Plural
Nominative firmāmen firmāmina
Genitive firmāminis firmāminum
Dative firmāminī firmāminibus
Accusative firmāmen firmāmina
Ablative firmāmine firmāminibus
Vocative firmāmen firmāmina

References

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