LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neuterthird declension

mūnīmen

mūnīmen n (genitive mūnīminis)
Classical[muːˈniː.mɛn]Ecclesiastical[muˈniː.men]

Meaning

  1. defence, fortification, rampart, enclosure

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativemūnīmenmūnīmina
genitivemūnīminismūnīminum
dativemūnīminīmūnīminibus
accusativemūnīmenmūnīmina
ablativemūnīminemūnīminibus
vocativemūnīmenmūnīmina

mūnīmen, ĭnis, n. 1. munio,
I. a defence, fortification, rampart, enclosure (poet. and in post-class. prose): munimen ad imbres, a defence against the rains, Verg. G. 2, 352: fossas munimine cingere, Ov. M. 13, 212: narrat esse locum, solidae tutum munimine molis, id. ib. 4, 771: clausae portae, id. Am. 1, 6, 29: horti, a fence, hedge, Pall. 3, 24, 1.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Italic *-mn̥ Latin -men Latin mūnīmen From mūniō (“to defend”) + -men (noun-forming suffix).

Quick answers

What does mūnīmen mean in Latin?
mūnīmen, a noun, means “defence, fortification, rampart, enclosure”.
What is the genitive of mūnīmen?
The genitive singular is mūnīminis. mūnīmen is neuter, third declension.
How do you pronounce mūnīmen?
In classical Latin, [muːˈniː.mɛn]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [muˈniː.men].