subtemen

Latin

Etymology

subtexō +‎ -men (with regular compensatory lengthening after *-ksm- > *-sm- > *-m-).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /subˈteː.men/, [s̠ʊpˈt̪eːmɛn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /subˈte.men/, [subˈt̪ɛːmen]

Noun

subtēmen n (genitive subtēminis); third declension

1. weft, woof
2. thread, yarn (spun)

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	subtēmen	subtēmina
genitive	subtēminis	subtēminum
dative	subtēminī	subtēminibus
accusative	subtēmen	subtēmina
ablative	subtēmine	subtēminibus
vocative	subtēmen	subtēmina

References

• “subtemen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “subtemen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• subtemen 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)
• subtemen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.