hortamen

Latin

Etymology

hortor (“to urge”) +‎ -men

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /horˈtaː.men/, [hɔrˈt̪äːmɛn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /orˈta.men/, [orˈt̪äːmen]

Noun

hortāmen n (genitive hortāminis); third declension

1. incitement, encouragement, exhortation

   Synonym: hortāmentum

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	hortāmen	hortāmina
genitive	hortāminis	hortāminum
dative	hortāminī	hortāminibus
accusative	hortāmen	hortāmina
ablative	hortāmine	hortāminibus
vocative	hortāmen	hortāmina

References

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