carmen – Latin noun declension

Noun: carmen
Hyphenation:

Gender: Neuter Declension: Third

Nominative

Singular	carmen
Plural	carmina

Genitive

Singular	carminis
Plural	carminum

Dative

Singular	carminī
Plural	carminibus

Accusative

Singular	carmen
Plural	carmina

Ablative

Singular	carmine
Plural	carminibus

Vocative

Singular	carmen
Plural	carmina

Sample Sentences

mīlle dea est operum: certē dea carminis illa est; (She is the goddess of a thousand crafts: Certainly she is the goddess of song;

if I am deserving, may she be present, as a friend to my endeavors.

(Ovid concludes 26 lines honoring the festival of Minerva with his own prayer to the goddess; see also Athena.)) [8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 3.833–834]
Haec sē carminibus prōmittit solvere mentēs
quās velit, ast aliīs dūrās immittere cūrās, [...]. (“[This enchantress] vows by her spells to loosen the hearts of those she wills, but to inflict harsh cares upon others, ….”) [29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.487–488]
Carmina Burana (Songs of Beuern)

Nouns inflected like carmen

segmen, sagmen, subtēmen, petimen, pedāmen, mūnīmen, suffīmen, sedimen, simulāmen, aspectāmen, cōnsōlāmen, sanguen, prænōmen, bitūmen, cognōmen, genimen, nōdāmen, formīdāmen, dolāmen, ferrūmen, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

1. According to Varro its earlier form was *casmen. From Proto-Indo-European *ḱens- (“to speak in a florid, solemn style, attest, witness”). Cognate to Sanskrit शस्मन् (śásman, “hymn, laud, invocation, eulogy, recited verse”). Further cognate to Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌽 (hazjan, “to praise”), Old English herian (“to praise, extol, commend”). See Camēna, Casmēna. Compare Latin Casmenae.
2. Sometimes referred to Proto-Italic *kanmen, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂nmn̥, from *keh₂n- (“to sing”) (whence canō (“to sing, chant”)), as with germen for *genmen. See: Old English Nouns 'herian', Latin Nouns 'Casmenae'.

Verbs referencing "carmen"

English Nouns charm, Danish Nouns charme, Dutch Nouns charme, French Nouns charme, Italian Nouns charme, Middle English Nouns charme, Portuguese Nouns charme, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns sjarm, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns sjarm.