LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neuterthird declension

mōmen

mōmen n (genitive mōminis)
Classical[ˈmoː.mɛn]Ecclesiastical[ˈmɔː.men]

Meaning

  1. movement
    posse quŏque ē salsō cōnsurgere mōmine pontī;it is also possible for it to rise up from the salt surge of the sea;c. 99 BCE – 55 BCE, Lucretius, De rerum natura 6.474

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativemōmenmōmina
genitivemōminismōminum
dativemōminīmōminibus
accusativemōmenmōmina
ablativemōminemōminibus
vocativemōmenmōmina

mōmen, ĭnis, n. for movimen, from moveo.
I. Movement, motion: e salso consurgere momine ponti, i. e. from the salt billows, Lucr. 6, 474; so also id. 2, 632, and 4, 179; v. Lachm. (where others read numine); cf. id. 3, 144.—
II. Weight, momentum; importance, moment (ante- and postclass.): momine parvo moveri, Lucr. 3, 188: nullius mominis esse, to be of no consequence, of no moment, Arn. 2, 77.—*
III. A moment of time, Manil. 3, 675.

Origins

From moveō + -men.

Quick answers

What does mōmen mean in Latin?
mōmen, a noun, means “movement”.
What is the genitive of mōmen?
The genitive singular is mōminis. mōmen is neuter, third declension.
How do you pronounce mōmen?
In classical Latin, [ˈmoː.mɛn]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈmɔː.men].