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Webster 1913 Edition


Oleamen


Oˊle-a′men

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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.

Definition 2024


oleamen

oleamen

English

Noun

oleamen (uncountable)

  1. (medicine, obsolete) A soft ointment prepared from oil.
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Latin

Etymology

From oleum (olive oil) + -men (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

oleāmen n (genitive oleāminis); third declension

  1. an ointment containing olive oil

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

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