linimen

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Latin

Etymology

From liniō (“I daub, besmear, anoint”) +‎ -men (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

linīmen n (genitive linīminis); third declension

  1. grease

Declension

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

singular plural
nominative linīmen linīmina
genitive linīminis linīminum
dative linīminī linīminibus
accusative linīmen linīmina
ablative linīmine linīminibus
vocative linīmen linīmina

References

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