alumen

See also: alúmen

Latin

Etymology

Literally "bitter salt," from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elud- with the suffix -men. See also Old English ealu (English ale) and Ancient Greek ἀλύδοιμος (alúdoimos).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈluː.men/, [aˈɫuː.mẽ]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈlu.men/, [aˈluː.men]

Noun

alūmen n (genitive alūminis); third declension

alum

Inflection

Third declension neuter.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	alūmen	alūmina
genitive	alūminis	alūminum
dative	alūminī	alūminibus
accusative	alūmen	alūmina
ablative	alūmine	alūminibus
vocative	alūmen	alūmina

Derived terms

alūminātus
alūminōsus

alūta

Descendants

English: alum, aluminium
Hungarian: alumínium

Italian: allume
Spanish: alumbre, aluminio

References

alumen in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
alumen in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
alumen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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