tegimen
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From tegō (“clothe”) + -men (noun-forming suffix).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈte.ɡi.men/, [ˈt̪ɛɡɪmɛn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈte.d͡ʒi.men/, [ˈt̪ɛːd͡ʒimen]
Noun edit
tegimen n (genitive tegiminis); third declension
Declension edit
Often syncopated in oblique cases, dropping the -i- after teg-. Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | tegimen | tegimina |
Genitive | tegiminis | tegiminum |
Dative | tegiminī | tegiminibus |
Accusative | tegimen | tegimina |
Ablative | tegimine | tegiminibus |
Vocative | tegimen | tegimina |
Related terms edit
References edit
- “tegimen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “tegimen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- tegimen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.