libramen

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /liːˈbraː.men/, [lʲiːˈbräːmɛn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /liˈbra.men/, [liˈbräːmen]

Noun

lībrāmen n (genitive lībrāminis); third declension

1. 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.