curvamen

Latin

Etymology

curvō (“to bend”) +‎ -men

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kurˈu̯aː.men/, [kʊrˈu̯äːmɛn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kurˈva.men/, [kurˈväːmen]

Noun

curvāmen n (genitive curvāminis); third declension

1. a bend, vaulting

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	curvāmen	curvāmina
genitive	curvāminis	curvāminum
dative	curvāminī	curvāminibus
accusative	curvāmen	curvāmina
ablative	curvāmine	curvāminibus
vocative	curvāmen	curvāmina

References

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