LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neuterthird declension

subtēmen

subtēmen n (genitive subtēminis)
Classical[sʊpˈteː.mɛn]Ecclesiastical[subˈtɛː.men]

Meaning

  1. weft, woof
  2. thread, yarn (spun)

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

fīlum trānsversum tēlae
subtēmen -inis (n) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 12

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativesubtēmen
subtegmen		subtēmina
subtegmina
genitivesubtēminis
subtegminis		subtēminum
subtegminum
dativesubtēminī
subtegminī		subtēminibus
subtegminibus
accusativesubtēmen
subtegmen		subtēmina
subtegmina
ablativesubtēmine
subtegmine		subtēminibus
subtegminibus
vocativesubtēmen
subtegmen		subtēmina
subtegmina

subtēmen (subtegmen), ĭnis, n. contr. from subteximen, subtecmen, from sub-texo,
I. that which is wrought or woven in, the woof, weft of a web: inseritur medium radiis subtemen acutis, etc., Ov. M. 6, 56; Varr. L. L. 5, § 113 Müll.; Verg. A. 3, 483; Vitr. 10, 1 med.; Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 81; 13, 12, 24, § 79.—
II. Meton. (pars pro toto), any thing spun, thread, yarn (rare, and mostly poet.): subtemen tenue nere, Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 20: nere, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 52; Front. Nep. Am. 2 med.: Tyrium, Tib. 4, 1, 121; Stat. Th. 7, 656: picto bracae, Val. Fl. 6, 227: croceo vestes, id. 8, 234.—Of the threads of the Fates: unde tibi reditum certo subtemine Parcae Rupere, Hor. Epod. 13, 15: ducere subtemina, Cat. 64, 328: rubrum, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 260: auratum, Nemes. Cyg. 91.

Origins

subtexō + -men (with regular compensatory lengthening after *-ksm- > *-sm- > *-m-).

Quick answers

What does subtēmen mean in Latin?
subtēmen, a noun, means “weft, woof; thread, yarn (spun)”.
What is the genitive of subtēmen?
The genitive singular is subtēminis. subtēmen is neuter, third declension.
How do you pronounce subtēmen?
In classical Latin, [sʊpˈteː.mɛn]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [subˈtɛː.men].