ablegmen
Latin
Etymology
Seemingly from ab- + legō (“choose, select”) + -men. Possibly compare ἀπολέγω (apolégō).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [abˈɫɛɡ.mɛn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [abˈlɛɡ.men]
Noun
ablegmen n (genitive ablegminis); third declension
- parts of entrails which were sacrificed
- Sextus Pompeius Festus, De Verborum Significatione quae Supersunt cum Pauli Epitome 25.9:
- Inimixtum est Ablegmina, quod si quis olim Amblegmina fuisse opinentur, non renitar equidem
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- Inimixtum est Ablegmina, quod si quis olim Amblegmina fuisse opinentur, non renitar equidem
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ablegmen | ablegmina |
| genitive | ablegminis | ablegminum |
| dative | ablegminī | ablegminibus |
| accusative | ablegmen | ablegmina |
| ablative | ablegmine | ablegminibus |
| vocative | ablegmen | ablegmina |
References
- “ablegmina”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ablegmina in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.