LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neuterthird declension

tūtāmen

tūtāmen n (genitive tūtāminis)
Classical[tuːˈtaː.mɛn]Ecclesiastical[tuˈtaː.men]

Meaning

  1. A means of protection; protection, defence or defense.
    decus et tutamenan ornament and a safeguard (motto on the edge of certain British coins, whose presence prevents the coin from being clipped)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativetūtāmentūtāmina
genitivetūtāministūtāminum
dativetūtāminītūtāminibus
accusativetūtāmentūtāmina
ablativetūtāminetūtāminibus
vocativetūtāmentūtāmina

tūtāmen, ĭnis, n. id.,
I. a means of defence, defence, protection (poet. and postclass.): (lorica) decus et tutamen in armis, Verg. A. 5, 262.—Plur.: domorum aut vestium, Arn. 2, 71: deposcimus rebus fessis, id. 1, 15.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Italic *-mn̥ Latin -men Latin tūtāmen From tūtor (“watch, guard, defend”) + -men (noun-forming suffix).

Quick answers

What does tūtāmen mean in Latin?
tūtāmen, a noun, means “A means of protection; protection, defence or defense.”.
What is the genitive of tūtāmen?
The genitive singular is tūtāminis. tūtāmen is neuter, third declension.
How do you pronounce tūtāmen?
In classical Latin, [tuːˈtaː.mɛn]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [tuˈtaː.men].