fulcimentum

Latin

Alternative forms

• fulmentum

Etymology

From fulciō (“support, stay, prop up”) +‎ -mentum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ful.kiːˈmen.tum/, [fʊɫ̪kiːˈmɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ful.t͡ʃiˈmen.tum/, [ful̠ʲt͡ʃiˈmɛn̪t̪um]

Noun

fulcīmentum n (genitive fulcīmentī); second declension

1. A prop, stay, support; pillar; bedpost; book-rest.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	fulcīmentum	fulcīmenta
genitive	fulcīmentī	fulcīmentōrum
dative	fulcīmentō	fulcīmentīs
accusative	fulcīmentum	fulcīmenta
ablative	fulcīmentō	fulcīmentīs
vocative	fulcīmentum	fulcīmenta

Synonyms

• (prop, stay): fulcīmen

Related terms

• fulcīmen
• fulciō
• fulcipedia
• fulcrum
• fultus

References

• “fulcimentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "fulcimentum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• fulcimentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• fulcimentum in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016