tutamen

== Latin == === Etymology === From tūtor (“watch, guard, defend”) +‎ -men (noun-forming suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [tuːˈtaː.mɛn] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [tuˈtaː.men] === Noun === tūtāmen n (genitive tūtāminis); third declension A means of protection; protection, defence or defense. decus et tutamen ― an ornament and a safeguard (motto on the edge of certain British coins, whose presence prevents the coin from being clipped) ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem). ==== Synonyms ==== (protection): mūnīmentum, praesidium, tuitiō, tūtāculum, tūtāmentum ==== Related terms ==== === References === “tutamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “tutamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “tutamen”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.