caelamen

Latin

Etymology

caelō (“to engrave”) +‎ -men

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kae̯ˈlaː.men/, [käe̯ˈɫ̪äːmɛn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃeˈla.men/, [t͡ʃeˈläːmen]

Noun

caelāmen n (genitive caelāminis); third declension

1. a bas-relief

Declension

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

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	caelāmen	caelāmina
Genitive	caelāminis	caelāminum
Dative	caelāminī	caelāminibus
Accusative	caelāmen	caelāmina
Ablative	caelāmine	caelāminibus
Vocative	caelāmen	caelāmina

References

• “caelamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “caelamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers