precamen

Latin

Etymology

From precor +‎ -men.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /preˈkaː.men/, [prɛˈkäːmɛn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /preˈka.men/, [preˈkäːmen]

Noun

precāmen n (genitive precāminis); third declension

1. a praying, prayer, entreaty

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	precāmen	precāmina
genitive	precāminis	precāminum
dative	precāminī	precāminibus
accusative	precāmen	precāmina
ablative	precāmine	precāminibus
vocative	precāmen	precāmina

References

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