"-men" meaning in Latin

See -men in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /men/ [Classical], [mɛn] [Classical], /men/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [mɛn] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *-men, from Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥. Etymology templates: {{inh|la|itc-pro|*-men}} Proto-Italic *-men, {{inh|la|ine-pro|*-mn̥}} Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|-men<3>}} Forms: -minis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], -men [nominative, singular], -mina [nominative, plural], -minis [genitive, singular], -minum [genitive, plural], -minī [dative, singular], -minibus [dative, plural], -men [accusative, singular], -mina [accusative, plural], -mine [ablative, singular], -minibus [ablative, plural], -men [singular, vocative], -mina [plural, vocative]
  1. forms neuter nouns of the third declension, generally with senses along the lines of 'a means of doing something' Tags: declension-3, morpheme, neuter
    Sense id: en--men-la-suffix-wH7ND2Pq Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin neuter suffixes in the third declension

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for -men meaning in Latin (3.5kB)

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      "text": "Catalan: -am, -im, -um"
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          "expansion": "Galician: -ame, -ime, -ume",
          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "Galician: -ame, -ime, -ume"
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          "expansion": "Italian: -ame, -ime, -ume",
          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "Italian: -ame, -ime, -ume"
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      "depth": 1,
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    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      "form": "-minī",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "-minibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "-men",
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        "Classical"
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    },
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      "ipa": "/men/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
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      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
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      "text": "Portuguese: -ame, -ime, -ume"
    },
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    },
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      "form": "-minis",
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        "genitive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "-men",
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      "form": "-mina",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-minis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-minum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-minī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-minibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-men",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-mina",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
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    },
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      "form": "-mine",
      "source": "declension",
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        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "-minibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "-men",
      "source": "declension",
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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    }
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        "Latin lemmas",
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        "Latin neuter suffixes in the third declension",
        "Latin noun-forming suffixes",
        "Latin suffixes",
        "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
        "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Latin third declension suffixes"
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    },
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      "ipa": "[mɛn]",
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        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/men/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mɛn]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-men"
}

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