materiamen

Latin

Etymology

From māteria +‎ -men.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /maː.te.riˈaː.men/, [mäːt̪ɛriˈäːmɛn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ma.te.riˈa.men/, [mät̪eriˈäːmen]

Noun

māteriāmen n (genitive māteriāminis); third declension

1. (Late Latin) timber, wood used in construction

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	māteriāmen	māteriāmina
genitive	māteriāminis	māteriāminum
dative	māteriāminī	māteriāminibus
accusative	māteriāmen	māteriāmina
ablative	māteriāmine	māteriāminibus
vocative	māteriāmen	māteriāmina

Descendants

• Old French: mairien, merim
  • French: merrain (“oak stave”)
  • Walloon: mairan (“oak stave”)
  • → Latin: maeremium (Anglo-Latin)
• Provençal: mairam