fragmen

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch fragment, from Latin fragmentum.

Noun

fragmen (first-person possessive fragmenku, second-person possessive fragmenmu, third-person possessive fragmennya)

1. fragment

Latin

Etymology

From frangō (“break”) +‎ -men (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfraɡ.men/, [ˈfräɡmɛn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfraɡ.men/, [ˈfräɡmen]

Noun

fragmen n (genitive fragminis); third declension

1. a fracture; piece of a rock
2. (chiefly in the plural) fragments; ruins, wreck; chips

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	fragmen	fragmina
genitive	fragminis	fragminum
dative	fragminī	fragminibus
accusative	fragmen	fragmina
ablative	fragmine	fragminibus
vocative	fragmen	fragmina

Synonyms

• (fragment): fragmentum

Related terms

• fragilis
• fragilitās
• fragium
• fragmentum
• fragor
• fragōsē
• fragōsus
• frangō

References

• “fragmen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “fragmen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fragmen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.