duramen

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dūrāmen.

Noun

duramen (uncountable)

  1. (botany) heartwood

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Anagrams

French

Etymology

From Latin dūrāmen.

Noun

duramen m (plural duramens)

  1. heartwood; duramen

Latin

Etymology

From dūrō (“I make hard, harden”) +‎ -men (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /duːˈraː.men/, [duːˈraː.mẽ]

Noun

dūrāmen n (genitive dūrāminis); third declension

  1. hardness
  2. (rare) ice

Inflection

Third declension neuter.

Case Singular Plural
nominative dūrāmen dūrāmina
genitive dūrāminis dūrāminum
dative dūrāminī dūrāminibus
accusative dūrāmen dūrāmina
ablative dūrāmine dūrāminibus
vocative dūrāmen dūrāmina

Descendants

References

  • duramen in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • duramen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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