formidamen

Latin

Etymology

From formīdō (“I dread, fear”) +‎ -men (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /for.miːˈdaː.men/, [fɔrmiːˈd̪äːmɛn]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /for.miˈda.men/, [formiˈd̪äːmen]

Noun

formīdāmen n (genitive formīdāminis); third declension

A fright or spectre.

Declension

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

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	formīdāmen	formīdāmina
Genitive	formīdāminis	formīdāminum
Dative	formīdāminī	formīdāminibus
Accusative	formīdāmen	formīdāmina
Ablative	formīdāmine	formīdāminibus
Vocative	formīdāmen	formīdāmina

References

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

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