lomentum

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛntəm

Noun

lomentum (plural lomentums or lomenta)

1. Synonym of loment

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- (“to wash”). Cognates include Latin lavō, Ancient Greek λούω (loúō), λοέω (loéō), Albanian laj, Old Armenian լոգանամ (loganam), and Old English lēaþor (English lather).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /loːˈmen.tum/, [ɫ̪oːˈmɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /loˈmen.tum/, [loˈmɛn̪t̪um]

Noun

lōmentum n (genitive lōmentī); second declension

1. face powder, face cream, soap
2. bean meal
3. blue pigment

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	lōmentum	lōmenta
genitive	lōmentī	lōmentōrum
dative	lōmentō	lōmentīs
accusative	lōmentum	lōmenta
ablative	lōmentō	lōmentīs
vocative	lōmentum	lōmenta

Derived terms

• lōmentārius

References

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