creamen

Latin

Etymology

From creō (“create, make”) +‎ -men (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kreˈaː.men/, [kreˈäːmɛn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kreˈa.men/, [kreˈäːmen]

Noun

creāmen n (genitive creāminis); third declension

1. The elements of which created things consist of.

Declension

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

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	creāmen	creāmina
Genitive	creāminis	creāminum
Dative	creāminī	creāminibus
Accusative	creāmen	creāmina
Ablative	creāmine	creāminibus
Vocative	creāmen	creāmina

Related terms

• creābilis
• creātiō
• creātor
• creātrix
• creātūra
• creō

References

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