oblectamen

Latin

Etymology

oblectō (“to delight, entertain”) +‎ -men

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ob.lekˈtaː.men/, [ɔbɫ̪ɛkˈt̪äːmɛn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ob.lekˈta.men/, [oblekˈt̪äːmen]

Noun

oblectāmen n (genitive oblectāminis); third declension

1. a delight, an amusement

   Synonym: (more common) oblectāmentum

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	oblectāmen	oblectāmina
genitive	oblectāminis	oblectāminum
dative	oblectāminī	oblectāminibus
accusative	oblectāmen	oblectāmina
ablative	oblectāmine	oblectāminibus
vocative	oblectāmen	oblectāmina

References

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