liquamen
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin liquamen.
Noun
liquamen (uncountable)
- (historical) A fish sauce used in Ancient Rome.
See also
- garum
Latin
Etymology
Derived from liquō (“I melt, liquefy”) + -men (noun-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /liˈkʷaː.men/, [lʲɪˈkʷäːmɛn]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /liˈkwa.men/, [liˈkwäːmen]
Noun
liquāmen n (genitive liquāminis); third declension
- liquid mixture
- fish sauce
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | liquāmen | liquāmina |
| Genitive | liquāminis | liquāminum |
| Dative | liquāminī | liquāminibus |
| Accusative | liquāmen | liquāmina |
| Ablative | liquāmine | liquāminibus |
| Vocative | liquāmen | liquāmina |
Related terms
- liquamentum
Descendants
- Italian: liquame
See also
- garum
References
- “liquamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- liquamen 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)
- liquamen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette