ferrumen

Latin

Etymology

From ferrum (“iron”) +‎ -men (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ferˈruː.men/, [fɛrˈruː.mẽ]

Noun

ferrūmen n (genitive ferrūminis); third declension

Inflection

Third declension neuter.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ferrūmen	ferrūmina
genitive	ferrūminis	ferrūminum
dative	ferrūminī	ferrūminibus
accusative	ferrūmen	ferrūmina
ablative	ferrūmine	ferrūminibus
vocative	ferrūmen	ferrūmina

Related terms

Descendants

Spanish: herrumbre

References

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

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