libramen

Latin

Etymology

From lībrō (“I balance, poise”) +‎ -men (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /liːˈbraː.men/, [lʲiːˈbräːmɛn]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /liˈbra.men/, [liˈbräːmen]

Noun

lībrāmen n (genitive lībrāminis); third declension

balance, poise

Declension

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

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lībrāmen	lībrāmina
Genitive	lībrāminis	lībrāminum
Dative	lībrāminī	lībrāminibus
Accusative	lībrāmen	lībrāmina
Ablative	lībrāmine	lībrāminibus
Vocative	lībrāmen	lībrāmina

References

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

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