affamen
Latin
Alternative forms
- adfāmen
Etymology
From affor (“speak to, address”) + -men (noun-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /afˈfaː.men/, [äfˈfäːmɛn]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /afˈfa.men/, [äfˈfäːmen]
Noun
affāmen n (genitive affāminis); third declension
- An accosting; greeting, address.
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | affāmen | affāmina |
| Genitive | affāminis | affāminum |
| Dative | affāminī | affāminibus |
| Accusative | affāmen | affāmina |
| Ablative | affāmine | affāminibus |
| Vocative | affāmen | affāmina |
Related terms
- affābilis
- affābilitās
- affābiliter
- affor
References
- “affamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- affamen 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)
- affamen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette