tutamen
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From tūtor (“watch, guard, defend”) + -men (noun-forming suffix).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /tuːˈtaː.men/, [t̪uːˈt̪äːmɛn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /tuˈta.men/, [t̪uˈt̪äːmen]
Noun[edit]
tūtāmen n (genitive tūtāminis); third declension
- A means of protection; protection, defence or defense.
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | tūtāmen | tūtāmina |
| Genitive | tūtāminis | tūtāminum |
| Dative | tūtāminī | tūtāminibus |
| Accusative | tūtāmen | tūtāmina |
| Ablative | tūtāmine | tūtāminibus |
| Vocative | tūtāmen | tūtāmina |
Synonyms[edit]
- (protection): mūnīmentum, praesidium, tuitiō, tūtāculum, tūtāmentum
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “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.