tutamen

Latin

Etymology

From tūtor (“watch, guard, defend”) +‎ -men (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /tuːˈtaː.men/, [tuːˈtaː.mɛn]

Noun

tūtāmen n (genitive tūtāminis); third declension

A means of protection; protection, defence or defense.

Declension

Third declension neuter.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tūtāmen	tūtāmina
Genitive	tūtāminis	tūtāminum
Dative	tūtāminī	tūtāminibus
Accusative	tūtāmen	tūtāmina
Ablative	tūtāmine	tūtāminibus
Vocative	tūtāmen	tūtāmina

Synonyms

(protection): mūnīmentum, praesidium, tuitiō, tūtāculum, tūtāmentum

Related terms

Related terms

tueor
tuitiō
tūtāculum
tūtāmentum

tūtātiō
tūtātor
tūtor

tūtōrius
tūtrīx
tūtus

References

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

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