"-men" meaning in Latin

See -men in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /ˈmen/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈmɛn] [Classical-Latin], /ˈmen/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈmɛn] (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 nouns, usually from verbs, generally describing the means, instrument, or result of an action Tags: declension-3, morpheme, neuter
    Sense id: en--men-la-suffix-8fE9lFTm Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin neuter suffixes in the third declension, Pages using catfix, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries, Pages using catfix, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 0 2 7 33 9 3 6 5 14 2 5 5 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 0 2 18 17 6 2 15 13 11 1 4 4 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 1 16 15 7 2 14 12 14 1 5 5 8

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rup",
            "2": "-ame",
            "3": "-ami",
            "4": "-imi"
          },
          "expansion": "Aromanian: -ame, -ami, -imi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aromanian: -ame, -ami, -imi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "-am",
            "3": "-im",
            "4": "-um"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: -am, -im, -um",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: -am, -im, -um"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "-ame",
            "3": "-ime",
            "4": "-ume"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: -ame, -ime, -ume",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: -ame, -ime, -ume"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "-ame",
            "3": "-ime",
            "4": "-ume"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: -ame, -ime, -ume",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: -ame, -ime, -ume"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "-ame",
            "3": "-ão",
            "4": "-ime",
            "5": "-ume",
            "6": "-um"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: -ame, -ão, -ime, -ume, -um",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: -ame, -ão, -ime, -ume, -um"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "-ime"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: -ime",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: -ime"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "-ami",
            "3": "-imi",
            "4": "-umi"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: -ami, -imi, -umi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: -ami, -imi, -umi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "-ambre",
            "3": "-imbre",
            "4": "-umbre"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: -ambre, -imbre, -umbre",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: -ambre, -imbre, -umbre"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*-men"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *-men",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*-mn̥"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *-men, from Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-minis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-men",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-mina",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-mine",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-minibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-men",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-mina",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-men<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin neuter suffixes in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 7 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 2 7 33 9 3 6 5 14 2 5 5 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 2 18 17 6 2 15 13 11 1 4 4 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 7 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 1 16 15 7 2 14 12 14 1 5 5 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "forms nouns, usually from verbs, generally describing the means, instrument, or result of an action"
      ],
      "id": "en--men-la-suffix-8fE9lFTm",
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "morpheme",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmen/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmɛn]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmen/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmɛn]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-men"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages using catfix",
    "Pages with 7 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rup",
            "2": "-ame",
            "3": "-ami",
            "4": "-imi"
          },
          "expansion": "Aromanian: -ame, -ami, -imi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aromanian: -ame, -ami, -imi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "-am",
            "3": "-im",
            "4": "-um"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: -am, -im, -um",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: -am, -im, -um"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "-ame",
            "3": "-ime",
            "4": "-ume"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: -ame, -ime, -ume",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: -ame, -ime, -ume"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "-ame",
            "3": "-ime",
            "4": "-ume"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: -ame, -ime, -ume",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: -ame, -ime, -ume"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "-ame",
            "3": "-ão",
            "4": "-ime",
            "5": "-ume",
            "6": "-um"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: -ame, -ão, -ime, -ume, -um",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: -ame, -ão, -ime, -ume, -um"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "-ime"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: -ime",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: -ime"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "-ami",
            "3": "-imi",
            "4": "-umi"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: -ami, -imi, -umi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: -ami, -imi, -umi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "-ambre",
            "3": "-imbre",
            "4": "-umbre"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: -ambre, -imbre, -umbre",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: -ambre, -imbre, -umbre"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*-men"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *-men",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*-mn̥"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *-men, from Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-minis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-men",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-mina",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-mine",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-minibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-men",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-mina",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-men<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 1-syllable words",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin neuter suffixes",
        "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",
        "Pages using catfix",
        "Pages with 7 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "forms nouns, usually from verbs, generally describing the means, instrument, or result of an action"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "morpheme",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmen/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmɛn]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmen/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmɛn]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-men"
}

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