LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neuterthird declension

putāmen

putāmen n (genitive putāminis)
Classical[pʊˈtaː.mɛn]Ecclesiastical[puˈtaː.men]

Meaning

  1. cutting, clipping (that which is cut away)
  2. shell, peel (removed from eggs, vegetables etc.)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeputāmenputāmina
genitiveputāminisputāminum
dativeputāminīputāminibus
accusativeputāmenputāmina
ablativeputāmineputāminibus
vocativeputāmenputāmina

pŭtāmen, ĭnis, n. id.,
I. that which falls off in pruning or trimming, clippings, waste; shells, peels, etc.: putamina non solum arborum sunt, verum omnium rerum purgamenta. Nam quicquid ex quācumque re proicitur, putamen appellatur. Plautus in Captivis (3, 4, 122): nucleum amisi, reliquit pigneri putamina, shells, peels, husk, Non. 157, 28 sq.; so, of the shells of nuts, Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 58; Varr. R. R. 1, 7: mali Punici, Plin. 22, 25, 70, § 143: fabae, ervi, pods, shells, id. 17, 24, 37, § 240: ovi, cochleae, id. 30, 7, 19, § 55: testudinum, id. 9, 11, 13, § 39.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin putō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Italic *-mn̥ Latin -men Latin putāmen From putō (“clean; prune, crop”) + -men.

Quick answers

What does putāmen mean in Latin?
putāmen, a noun, means “cutting, clipping (that which is cut away); shell, peel (removed from eggs, vegetables etc.)”.
What is the genitive of putāmen?
The genitive singular is putāminis. putāmen is neuter, third declension.
How do you pronounce putāmen?
In classical Latin, [pʊˈtaː.mɛn]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [puˈtaː.men].