LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neuterthird declension

ligāmen

ligāmen n (genitive ligāminis)
Classical[lɪˈɡaː.mɛn]Ecclesiastical[liˈɡaː.men]

Meaning

  1. a bandage, band, tie
  2. Medieval Latinpoultice; bandage with herbal medicine

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeligāmenligāmina
genitiveligāminisligāminum
dativeligāminīligāminibus
accusativeligāmenligāmina
ablativeligāmineligāminibus
vocativeligāmenligāmina

lĭgāmen, ĭnis, n. 1. ligo,
I. a band, tie, bandage (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): Sidoniae nocturna ligamina mitrae, Prop. 2, 22, 15; Ov. M. 14, 230: ligamina vitium, Col. 11, 2, 92: ligamina herbarum, id. 12, 8, 1.—In sing.: papyri ligamen, a bandage, ligature, Col. 6, 6, 4.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Italic *-mn̥ Latin -men Latin ligāmen From ligo (“to tie, bind, bandage”) + -men (noun-forming suffix).

Northern Gallo-Romance
  • Frenchlienfrom Old French lien
  • Englishlienfrom Old French lien
  • Franco-Provençallimfrom Franco-Provençal liam
Southern Gallo-Romance
  • Catalanlligam
  • Occitanligam
Italo-Romance
  • Italianlegame
  • Sicilianligama
Ibero-Romance
  • Portugueseliame
  • Galicianliame
Borrowings
  • Tashelhitalgamu

Quick answers

What does ligāmen mean in Latin?
ligāmen, a noun, means “a bandage, band, tie; poultice; bandage with herbal medicine”.
What is the genitive of ligāmen?
The genitive singular is ligāminis. ligāmen is neuter, third declension.
How do you pronounce ligāmen?
In classical Latin, [lɪˈɡaː.mɛn]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [liˈɡaː.men].