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Latin
Etymology
subtexō + -men (with regular compensatory lengthening after *-ksm- > *-sm- > *-m-).
Pronunciation
Noun
subtēmen n (genitive subtēminis); third declension
- weft, woof
- thread, yarn (spun)
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
References
- “subtemen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “subtemen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- subtemen in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- subtemen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.