antepagmentum

English

Noun

antepagmentum (plural antepagmenta)

1. (architecture) In ancient architecture, a doorpost, or garnishing in a post or door, wrought in stone or timber, or lintel of a window.

   Synonym: antepagment

Latin

Alternative forms

• antipagmentum

Etymology

ante- +‎ pangō (“fasten”) +‎ -mentum

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /an.te.paɡˈmen.tum/, [än̪t̪ɛpäɡˈmɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /an.te.paɡˈmen.tum/, [än̪t̪epäɡˈmɛn̪t̪um]

Noun

antepagmentum n (genitive antepagmentī); second declension

1. The entire chambranle, i.e. the door case, or window frame.
2. (architecture, usually in the plural) In ancient architecture, doorposts, or garnishings in posts or doors, wrought in stone or timber, or lintels of a window.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	antepagmentum	antepagmenta
genitive	antepagmentī	antepagmentōrum
dative	antepagmentō	antepagmentīs
accusative	antepagmentum	antepagmenta
ablative	antepagmentō	antepagmentīs
vocative	antepagmentum	antepagmenta

Related terms

• pagmentum
• pangō

References

• “antepagmentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• antepagmentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Antepagmenta, Cyclopaedia: or, An Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (folio, 2 vols.), Ephraim Chambers. London 1728, p. 106.
• ANTEPAGMENTA, Ancient Library, p. 98