ferrumen

Latin

Alternative forms

• ferūmen

Etymology

From earlier ferūmen, from the root of ferveō plus -ūmen after bitūmen and alūmen. The gemination arose under the influence of ferrum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ferˈruː.men/, [fɛrˈruːmɛn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ferˈru.men/, [ferˈruːmen]

Noun

ferrūmen n (genitive ferrūminis); third declension

1. cement, solder, glue
2. connection, connecting word
3. iron rust

Declension

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

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ferrūmen	ferrūmina
Genitive	ferrūminis	ferrūminum
Dative	ferrūminī	ferrūminibus
Accusative	ferrūmen	ferrūmina
Ablative	ferrūmine	ferrūminibus
Vocative	ferrūmen	ferrūmina

Derived terms

• ferrūminō

Descendants

• Spanish: herrumbre

References

• “ferrumen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ferrumen in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• ferrumen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938) “ferrumen”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 486
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “ferūmen”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 215