fulcimen

Latin

Etymology

From fulciō (“I support, prop up”) +‎ -men (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /fulˈkiː.men/, [fʊɫ̪ˈkiːmɛn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fulˈt͡ʃi.men/, [ful̠ʲˈt͡ʃiːmen]

Noun

fulcīmen n (genitive fulcīminis); third declension

1. (poetic, rare) prop, support, pillar

   Synonyms: fulcrum, statūmen, stabilīmen, firmāmentum, pedāmen, adminiculum

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	fulcīmen	fulcīmina
genitive	fulcīminis	fulcīminum
dative	fulcīminī	fulcīminibus
accusative	fulcīmen	fulcīmina
ablative	fulcīmine	fulcīminibus
vocative	fulcīmen	fulcīmina

References

• “fulcimen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “fulcimen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fulcimen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.