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Webster 1913 Edition
Oleamen
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Oˊle-a′men
,Noun.
[L.]
(Med.)
A soft ointment prepared from oil.
Dunglison.
☞ Every part of the plant is dangerously poisonous, and death has occurred from using its wood for skewers in cooking meat.
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oleamen
oleamen
English
Noun
oleamen (uncountable)
- (medicine, obsolete) A soft ointment prepared from oil.
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Latin
Etymology
From oleum (“olive oil”) + -men (noun-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /o.leˈaː.men/
Noun
oleāmen n (genitive oleāminis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension neuter.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | oleāmen | oleāmina |
| genitive | oleāminis | oleāminum |
| dative | oleāminī | oleāminibus |
| accusative | oleāmen | oleāmina |
| ablative | oleāmine | oleāminibus |
| vocative | oleāmen | oleāmina |
Synonyms
- (oil ointment): oleāmentum, unguentum
Related terms
References
- oleamen in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “oleamen”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.