formidamen

Latin

Etymology

From formīdō (“I dread, fear”) +‎ -men (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /for.miːˈdaː.men/, [fɔrmiːˈd̪äːmɛn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /for.miˈda.men/, [formiˈd̪äːmen]

Noun

formīdāmen n (genitive formīdāminis); third declension

1. A fright or spectre.

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	formīdāmen	formīdāmina
genitive	formīdāminis	formīdāminum
dative	formīdāminī	formīdāminibus
accusative	formīdāmen	formīdāmina
ablative	formīdāmine	formīdāminibus
vocative	formīdāmen	formīdāmina

References

• “formidamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• formidamen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.