English

Noun

liquamen ‎(uncountable)

1. A fish sauce used in Ancient Rome.

See also

• garum

Latin

Etymology

Derived from liquō ‎(“I melt, liquefy”) +‎ -men ‎(noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /liˈkʷaː.men/, [lɪˈkʷaː.mẽ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /liˈkwa.men/, [liˈkwaː.men]

Noun

liquāmen n ‎(genitive liquāminis); third declension

1. liquid mixture
2. fish sauce

Declension

Third declension neuter.

Related terms

• liquamentum

Descendants

• Italian: liquame

See also

• garum

References

• liquamen in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• LIQUAMEN in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “liquamen”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.