conamen

Latin

Etymology

From cōnor (“try”) +‎ -men.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [koːˈnaː.mɛn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [koˈnaː.men]

Noun

cōnāmen n (genitive cōnāminis); third declension

1. an effort, struggle; exertion
2. a support, prop

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	cōnāmen	cōnāmina
genitive	cōnāminis	cōnāminum
dative	cōnāminī	cōnāminibus
accusative	cōnāmen	cōnāmina
ablative	cōnāmine	cōnāminibus
vocative	cōnāmen	cōnāmina

Related terms

• cōnābilis
• cōnātiō
• cōnātum
• cōnātus
• cōnor

References

• “conamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “conamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “conamen”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.