medicamen

Latin

Etymology

From medicō (“I cure”) +‎ -men (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /me.diˈkaː.men/, [mɛ.dɪˈkaː.mɛn]

Noun

medicāmen n (genitive medicāminis); third declension

  1. drug, remedy, medicine
  2. antidote
  3. cosmetic

Inflection

Third declension neuter.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative medicāmen medicāmina
Genitive medicāminis medicāminum
Dative medicāminī medicāminibus
Accusative medicāmen medicāmina
Ablative medicāmine medicāminibus
Vocative medicāmen medicāmina

Descendants

References
  • medicamen in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • medicamen in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • medicamen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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