laetamen

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /lae̯ˈtaː.men/, [ɫ̪äe̯ˈt̪äːmɛn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /leˈta.men/, [leˈt̪äːmen]

Noun

laetāmen n (genitive laetāminis); third declension

1. manure

   Synonyms: fimus, stercus

Declension

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

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	laetāmen	laetāmina
Genitive	laetāminis	laetāminum
Dative	laetāminī	laetāminibus
Accusative	laetāmen	laetāmina
Ablative	laetāmine	laetāminibus
Vocative	laetāmen	laetāmina

Descendants

• Dalmatian:
  • lotum
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: letame
    • → Spanish: letame
  • Neapolitan: lotamma
  • Sicilian:

    Calabrian: litami

    Salentine: litame

• North Italian:
  • Emilian: aldam
  • Friulian: ledan
  • Lombard: ledamm, liamm, ludamm
  • Ligurian: liame
  • Piedmontese: aliam
  • Venetian: leame, loame

    Fiumano: lodame

    Northern: ledan

• 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.