LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

carminum

carminum n (genitive carminī)
Classical[ˈkar.mɪ.nũː]Ecclesiastical[ˈkar.mi.num]

Meaning

  1. New Latinneutersong, poem
    In nuptiis iuris et medicinae doctorum / Omnia sunt plena carminorum.1670, Antonius De Arena Provençalis, De Bragardissima Villa de Soleriis. Ad suos compagnones studiantes, qui sunt de persona friantes, bassas Dansas & Branlos practicantes, nouuellos quamplurimos mandat. Nova Novorum Novissima, Sive Poemata Stylo Macaronico., page 155:
    1600s, Cornelius a Lapide, Commentarii in Sacram Scripturam, Tomus X: Acts, James, Epistles of John, the Apocalypse, p 1360: Et Sybilla lib. 6. Carminum:

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecarminumcarmina
genitivecarminīcarminōrum
dativecarminōcarminīs
accusativecarminumcarmina
ablativecarminōcarminīs
vocativecarminumcarmina

Origins

Back-formation from carmina, the nominative/accusative plural of the third-declension noun carmen.

Quick answers

What does carminum mean in Latin?
carminum, a noun, means “song, poem”.
What is the genitive of carminum?
The genitive singular is carminī. carminum is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce carminum?
In classical Latin, [ˈkar.mɪ.nũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈkar.mi.num].