modulamen

Latin

Etymology

From modulor (“to sing”) +‎ -men.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [mɔ.dʊˈɫaː.mɛn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [mo.duˈlaː.men]

Noun

modulāmen n (genitive modulāminis); third declension

1. singing, chanting, making music
2. song, melody
3. harmony, euphony

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	modulāmen	modulāmina
genitive	modulāminis	modulāminum
dative	modulāminī	modulāminibus
accusative	modulāmen	modulāmina
ablative	modulāmine	modulāminibus
vocative	modulāmen	modulāmina

References

• “modulamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "modulamen", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “modulamen”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Dictionary of Medieval Latin in British Sources