linimen

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /liˈniː.men/, [lʲɪˈniːmɛn]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /liˈni.men/, [liˈniːmen]

Noun

linīmen n (genitive linīminis); third declension

grease

Declension

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

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	linīmen	linīmina
Genitive	linīminis	linīminum
Dative	linīminī	linīminibus
Accusative	linīmen	linīmina
Ablative	linīmine	linīminibus
Vocative	linīmen	linīmina

Related terms

linīmentum

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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