praesegmen

Latin

Etymology

From praesecō (“I cut off”) +‎ -men (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /prae̯ˈseɡ.men/, [präe̯ˈs̠ɛɡmɛn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /preˈseɡ.men/, [preˈs̬ɛɡmen]

Noun

praesegmen n (genitive praesegminis); third declension

1. a piece cut off, a paring

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	praesegmen	praesegmina
genitive	praesegminis	praesegminum
dative	praesegminī	praesegminibus
accusative	praesegmen	praesegmina
ablative	praesegmine	praesegminibus
vocative	praesegmen	praesegmina

References

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