formidamen

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Latin

Etymology

From formīdō (I dread, fear) +‎ -men (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

formīdāmen n (genitive formīdāminis); third declension

  1. A fright or spectre.

Declension

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

singular plural
nominative formīdāmen formīdāmina
genitive formīdāminis formīdāminum
dative formīdāminī formīdāminibus
accusative formīdāmen formīdāmina
ablative formīdāmine formīdāminibus
vocative formīdāmen formīdāmina

References

  • formidamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • formidamen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.