medicamen
Latin
Etymology
From medicō (“I cure”) + -men (noun-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /me.diˈkaː.men/, [mɛ.dɪˈkaː.mɛn]
Noun
medicāmen n (genitive medicāminis); third declension
- drug, remedy, medicine
- antidote
- cosmetic
Inflection
Third declension neuter.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | medicāmen | medicāmina |
| Genitive | medicāminis | medicāminum |
| Dative | medicāminī | medicāminibus |
| Accusative | medicāmen | medicāmina |
| Ablative | medicāmine | medicāminibus |
| Vocative | medicāmen | medicāmina |
Descendants
- Spanish: vedegambre
References
- medicamen in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- medicamen in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- medicamen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette