frumen

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *frūgmen, equivalent to fruor (“use, enjoy”) +‎ -men (noun-forming suffix); ultimately, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰruHg-mn̥.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfruː.men/, [ˈfruːmɛn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfru.men/, [ˈfruːmen]

Noun

frūmen n (genitive frūminis); third declension

1. a gruel or porridge made from grain and used in sacrifices.
2. larynx, throat

   Synonyms: gula, faucēs, rūmen, guttur

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	frūmen	frūmina
genitive	frūminis	frūminum
dative	frūminī	frūminibus
accusative	frūmen	frūmina
ablative	frūmine	frūminibus
vocative	frūmen	frūmina

Related terms

• frūmentum
• fruor

References

• “frumen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• frumen in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• frumen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• frumen in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016