Latin

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Etymology

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From mūniō (I defend) +‎ -men (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mūnīmen n (genitive mūnīminis); third declension

  1. defence, fortification, rampart, enclosure

Declension

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

Case Singular Plural
Nominative mūnīmen mūnīmina
Genitive mūnīminis mūnīminum
Dative mūnīminī mūnīminibus
Accusative mūnīmen mūnīmina
Ablative mūnīmine mūnīminibus
Vocative mūnīmen mūnīmina
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References

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  • munimen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • munimen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • munimen 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)
  • munimen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.