munimen
Latin
Etymology
From mūniō (“I defend”) + -men (noun-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /muːˈniː.men/, [muːˈniːmɛn]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /muˈni.men/, [muˈniːmen]
Noun
mūnīmen n (genitive mūnīminis); third declension
- defence, fortification, rampart, enclosure
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | mūnīmen | mūnīmina |
| Genitive | mūnīminis | mūnīminum |
| Dative | mūnīminī | mūnīminibus |
| Accusative | mūnīmen | mūnīmina |
| Ablative | mūnīmine | mūnīminibus |
| Vocative | mūnīmen | mūnīmina |
Related terms
- mūniō
References
- “munimen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “munimen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- munimen 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)
- munimen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette