LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neuterthird declension

oblectāmen

oblectāmen n (genitive oblectāminis)
Classical[ɔb.ɫɛkˈtaː.mɛn]Ecclesiastical[ob.lekˈtaː.men]

Meaning

  1. a delight, an amusement

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeoblectāmenoblectāmina
genitiveoblectāminisoblectāminum
dativeoblectāminīoblectāminibus
accusativeoblectāmenoblectāmina
ablativeoblectāmineoblectāminibus
vocativeoblectāmenoblectāmina

ob-lectāmen, ĭnis, n. id.,
I. a delight (poet. for oblectamentum, and perh. only in plur.), Ov. M. 9, 342: vitae, Stat. S. 3, 5, 95: consulat ut sacras, hominum oblectamina, sortes, sources of consolation, Ov. M. 11, 412.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Italic *-mn̥ Latin -men Latin oblectāmen From oblectō (“to delight, entertain”) + -men.

Quick answers

What does oblectāmen mean in Latin?
oblectāmen, a noun, means “a delight, an amusement”.
What is the genitive of oblectāmen?
The genitive singular is oblectāminis. oblectāmen is neuter, third declension.
How do you pronounce oblectāmen?
In classical Latin, [ɔb.ɫɛkˈtaː.mɛn]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ob.lekˈtaː.men].