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Latin
Etymology
From tumulō (“I cover with a burial mound; entomb”) + -men (noun-forming suffix), from tumulus, from tumeō (“I swell”).
Pronunciation
Noun
tumulāmen n (genitive tumulāminis); third declension
- A sepulchral mound, tumulus.
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Synonyms
References
- “tumulamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- tumulamen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.