liquamen

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin liquamen.

Noun

liquamen (uncountable)

1. (historical) A fish sauce used in Ancient Rome.

See also

• garum

Latin

Etymology

Derived from liquō (“I melt, liquefy”) +‎ -men (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /liˈkʷaː.men/, [lʲɪˈkʷäːmɛn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /liˈkwa.men/, [liˈkwäːmen]

Noun

liquāmen n (genitive liquāminis); third declension

1. liquid mixture
2. fish sauce

Declension

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

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	liquāmen	liquāmina
Genitive	liquāminis	liquāminum
Dative	liquāminī	liquāminibus
Accusative	liquāmen	liquāmina
Ablative	liquāmine	liquāminibus
Vocative	liquāmen	liquāmina

Related terms

• liquamentum

Descendants

• Italian: liquame

See also

• garum

References

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