fragmentum

Latin

Etymology

From frangō (“I break”) +‎ -mentum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /fraɡˈmen.tum/, [fräɡˈmɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fraɡˈmen.tum/, [fräɡˈmɛn̪t̪um]

Noun

fragmentum n (genitive fragmentī); second declension

1. a piece (broken off), remnant, fragment

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	fragmentum	fragmenta
genitive	fragmentī	fragmentōrum
dative	fragmentō	fragmentīs
accusative	fragmentum	fragmenta
ablative	fragmentō	fragmentīs
vocative	fragmentum	fragmenta

Synonyms

• (fragment): fragmen
• (piece): frustum, segmentum

Related terms

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

Descendants

• → Catalan: fragment (learned)
• → Czech: fragment (learned)
• → Dutch: fragment (learned)
  • → Indonesian: fragmen
• → Middle English: fragment (learned)
  • English: fragment
• → French: fragment (learned)
  • → Romanian: fragment
  • → Turkish: fragman
• → Galician: fragmento (learned)
• → German: Fragment (learned)
• Italian: frammento
• → Polish: fragment (learned)
• → Portuguese: fragmento (learned)
• → Russian: фрагмент (fragment) (learned)
• Sicilian: frammentu
• → Spanish: fragmento (learned)
• → Swedish: fragment (learned)

Further reading

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