momerium

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /moːˈmeː.ri.um/, [moːˈmeːriʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /moˈme.ri.um/, [moˈmɛːrium]

Noun

mōmērium n (genitive mōmēriī or mōmērī); second declension

1. an affront, an insult

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	mōmērium	mōmēria
genitive	mōmēriī mōmērī1	mōmēriōrum
dative	mōmēriō	mōmēriīs
accusative	mōmērium	mōmēria
ablative	mōmēriō	mōmēriīs
vocative	mōmērium	mōmēria

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

• momerium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.