absegmen

Latin

Etymology

From ab +‎ secō, according to Festus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /abˈseɡ.men/, [äpˈs̠ɛɡmɛn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /abˈseɡ.men/, [äbˈsɛɡmen]

Noun

absegmen n (genitive absegminis); third declension

1. piece of flesh
   • c. 2nd century, Sextus Pompeius Festus, De Verborum Significatione :

     Poenitam offam Naevius appellpat absegmen carnis cum coda: antiqui autem offam vocabant abscisum globi forma, ut manu glomeratam pultem

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Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	absegmen	absegmina
genitive	absegminis	absegminum
dative	absegminī	absegminibus
accusative	absegmen	absegmina
ablative	absegmine	absegminibus
vocative	absegmen	absegmina

References

• “absegmen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• absegmen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.