noun · neuterthird declension
curvāmen
curvāmen n (genitive curvāminis)
Classical[kʊrˈwaː.mɛn]Ecclesiastical[kurˈvaː.men]
Meaning
- a bend, vaulting
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
flexus, fōrma curvacurvāmen -inis (n) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 15
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | curvāmen | curvāmina |
| genitive | curvāminis | curvāminum |
| dative | curvāminī | curvāminibus |
| accusative | curvāmen | curvāmina |
| ablative | curvāmine | curvāminibus |
| vocative | curvāmen | curvāmina |
curvāmen, ĭnis, n. id.,
I. a bending, bend, vaulting (not ante-Aug.;
perh. first used by Ov.): patriae curvamina ripae, Ov. M. 9, 450; 2, 130; 3, 672: haec (villa) unum sinum molli curvamine amplectitur, Plin. Ep. 9, 7, 4: caeli, of the climate, Gell. 14, 1, 10.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
(curvāmen inis), n
curvo, a bending, bend, vaulting (only abl sing., nom. and acc plur.): patriae curvamina ripae, O.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Italic *-mn̥ Latin -men Latin curvāmen From curvō (“to bend”) + -men.