samentum
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂k- (“to sanctify, to make a treaty”).[1] Compare Latin sanciō and sacer.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /saːˈmen.tum/, [s̠äːˈmɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /saˈmen.tum/, [säˈmɛn̪t̪um]
Noun
[edit]sāmentum n (genitive sāmentī); second declension
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sāmentum | sāmenta |
| genitive | sāmentī | sāmentōrum |
| dative | sāmentō | sāmentīs |
| accusative | sāmentum | sāmenta |
| ablative | sāmentō | sāmentīs |
| vocative | sāmentum | sāmenta |
References
[edit]- samentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “samentum”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 474