peniculamentum

Latin

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “From pēniculus? And is it anything to do with -mentum or āmentum (“a strap or thong”, rare “a shoe-string”)?”

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /peː.ni.ku.laːˈmen.tum/, [peːnɪkʊɫ̪äːˈmɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pe.ni.ku.laˈmen.tum/, [penikuläˈmɛn̪t̪um]

Noun

pēniculāmentum n (genitive pēniculāmentī); second declension

a tail, train
(transferred sense, pre-Classical) a train (of a garment)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	pēniculāmentum	pēniculāmenta
genitive	pēniculāmentī	pēniculāmentōrum
dative	pēniculāmentō	pēniculāmentīs
accusative	pēniculāmentum	pēniculāmenta
ablative	pēniculāmentō	pēniculāmentīs
vocative	pēniculāmentum	pēniculāmenta

References

“pēnĭcŭlāmentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
peniculamentum 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)
pēnĭcŭlāmentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,137/1.