sufflamen

Latin

Etymology

From a derivation of Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ- (“beam, plank”), with the prefix sub- (“under-”) and the concrete-noun suffix -men. Compare Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phálanx) and Old High German balcho.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /sufˈflaː.men/, [s̠ʊfˈfɫ̪äːmɛn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sufˈfla.men/, [sufˈfläːmen]

Noun

sufflāmen n (genitive sufflāminis); third declension

1. A clog, brake to check the motion of a wheel
2. A hindrance, an impediment

Declension

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

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sufflāmen	sufflāmina
Genitive	sufflāminis	sufflāminum
Dative	sufflāminī	sufflāminibus
Accusative	sufflāmen	sufflāmina
Ablative	sufflāmine	sufflāminibus
Vocative	sufflāmen	sufflāmina

Derived terms

• sufflāminō

References

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