laetamen

Latin

Etymology

laetō (“to gladden; to fertilize”) +‎ -men

Pronunciation

Noun

laetāmen n (genitive laetāminis); third declension

  1. manure
    Synonyms: fimum, stercus

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

singular plural
nominative laetāmen laetāmina
genitive laetāminis laetāminum
dative laetāminī laetāminibus
accusative laetāmen laetāmina
ablative laetāmine laetāminibus
vocative laetāmen laetāmina

Descendants

  • Italo-Dalmatian:
    • Dalmatian: lotum
    • Italian: letame
    • Judeo-Italian: לֵיטַאמוֹ (leṭaʔmo /⁠letamo⁠/)
    • Neapolitan: lotamma
    • Sicilian:
      Calabrian: litami
      Salentine: litame
    • Venetan: leame, loame
      Fiumano: lodame
      Northern: ledan
  • Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Gallo-Italic:
    • Emilian: aldam
    • Lombard: ledamm, liamm, ludamm
    • Ligurian: liame
    • Piedmontese: aliam
  • Insular Romance:
    • Sardinian:
      • Campidanese: ladamini
      • Logudorese: ladamene
      • Nuorese: ledamine

References

  • “laetamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “laetamen”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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