LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neuterthird declension

tentāmen

tentāmen n (genitive tentāminis)
Classical[tɛnˈtaː.mɛn]Ecclesiastical[tenˈtaː.men]

Meaning

  1. an attempt
  2. New Latina literary attempt: an essay
    Tentamen Introductionis in Historiam Doctrinae Logicae de IdeisAn Essay Introducing the History of the Logical Doctrine of Ideas1719, Johann Jakob Brucker, (Please provide the book title or journal name):

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativetentāmententāmina
genitivetentāministentāminum
dativetentāminītentāminibus
accusativetentāmententāmina
ablativetentāminetentāminibus
vocativetentāmententāmina

tentāmen, ĭnis, n. id.,
I. a trial, essay, attempt (poet.; perh. only in the two foll. passages): prima vocis tentamina sumpsit, Ov. M. 3, 341: tentamina Repellere, id. ib. 7, 734.

Origins

From tentō (“to try”) + -men (noun-forming suffix).

Descendants
  • Indonesiantentamenfrom Dutch tentamen
  • Swedishtentamen
  • Swedishtenta

Quick answers

What does tentāmen mean in Latin?
tentāmen, a noun, means “an attempt; a literary attempt: an essay”.
What is the genitive of tentāmen?
The genitive singular is tentāminis. tentāmen is neuter, third declension.
How do you pronounce tentāmen?
In classical Latin, [tɛnˈtaː.mɛn]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [tenˈtaː.men].