sufflamen

Latin

Etymology

From a derivation of Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ- (beam, plank), with a noun-forming suffix -men. Compare Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phálanx) and Old High German balcho[1].

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /sufˈflaː.men/, [sʊfˈfɫaː.mɛn]

Noun

sufflāmen n (genitive sufflāminis); third declension

  1. A clog, brake to check the motion of a wheel
  2. A hinderance, an impediment

Inflection

Third declension neuter.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sufflāmen sufflāmina
Genitive sufflāminis sufflāminum
Dative sufflāminī sufflāminibus
Accusative sufflāmen sufflāmina
Ablative sufflāmine sufflāminibus
Vocative sufflāmen sufflāmina

References

  • sufflamen in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sufflamen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959), “bhel-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume I, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 122-123
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