firmamen

Latin

Etymology

fīrmō (“to strengthen”) +‎ -men

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /firˈmaː.men/, [fɪrˈmäːmɛn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /firˈma.men/, [firˈmäːmen]

Noun

firmāmen n (genitive firmāminis); third declension

1. (poetic) a prop, support

   Synonym: firmāmentum

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	firmāmen	firmāmina
genitive	firmāminis	firmāminum
dative	firmāminī	firmāminibus
accusative	firmāmen	firmāmina
ablative	firmāmine	firmāminibus
vocative	firmāmen	firmāmina

References

• “firmamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “firmamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers