nodamen

Latin

Etymology

From nōdō (“knot, tie in a knot”) +‎ -men (noun-forming suffix), from nōdus (“knot”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /noːˈdaː.men/, [noːˈd̪äːmɛn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /noˈda.men/, [noˈd̪äːmen]

Noun

nōdāmen n (genitive nōdāminis); third declension

1. a knotting, knot

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	nōdāmen	nōdāmina
genitive	nōdāminis	nōdāminum
dative	nōdāminī	nōdāminibus
accusative	nōdāmen	nōdāmina
ablative	nōdāmine	nōdāminibus
vocative	nōdāmen	nōdāmina

Synonyms

• (knot): nōdus

Related terms

• nōdābilis
• nōdātiō
• nōdātus
• nōdō
• nōdōsē
• nōdōsitās
• nōdōsus
• Nōdōtus
• nōdulus
• nōdus
• Nōdūtus

References

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