aspiramen

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Latin

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Etymology

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From aspīrō (I breathe, blow) +‎ -men (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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aspīrāmen n (genitive aspīrāminis); third declension

  1. A blowing or breathing, hence communicating.

Declension

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Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

References

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  • aspiramen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • aspiramen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • aspiramen in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016