pinguamen

Latin

Etymology

From pinguis (“fat, plump”) +‎ -men (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pinˈɡʷaː.men/, [pɪŋˈɡʷäːmɛn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pinˈɡwa.men/, [piŋˈɡwäːmen]

Noun

pinguāmen n (genitive pinguāminis); third declension

1. fat

Declension

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

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pinguāmen	pinguāmina
Genitive	pinguāminis	pinguāminum
Dative	pinguāminī	pinguāminibus
Accusative	pinguāmen	pinguāmina
Ablative	pinguāmine	pinguāminibus
Vocative	pinguāmen	pinguāmina

Synonyms

• (fat): pinguēdō

Related terms

• impinguō
• pingue
• pinguēdō
• pinguefaciō
• pinguescō
• pinguiārius
• pinguiculus
• pinguis
• pinguitia
• pinguitūdo
• pinguiusculus

References

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