linimen

linimen

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Latin liniō
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Proto-Italic *-men
Latin -men
Latin linīmen

    From liniō (“to 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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