fulcimen
Latin
Etymology
From fulciō (“I support, prop up”) + -men (noun-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [fʊɫˈkiː.mɛn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ful̠ʲˈt͡ʃiː.men]
Noun
fulcīmen n (genitive fulcīminis); third declension
- (poetic, rare) prop, support, pillar
- Synonyms: fulcrum, statūmen, stabilīmen, firmāmentum, pedāmen, adminiculum
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | fulcīmen | fulcīmina |
| genitive | fulcīminis | fulcīminum |
| dative | fulcīminī | fulcīminibus |
| accusative | fulcīmen | fulcīmina |
| ablative | fulcīmine | fulcīminibus |
| vocative | fulcīmen | fulcīmina |
References
- “fulcimen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “fulcimen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- fulcimen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.