segmentum
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From secō (“cut”) and the ending -mentum (“instrument, medium, or result of”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /seɡˈmen.tum/, [s̠ɛɡˈmɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /seɡˈmen.tum/, [seɡˈmɛn̪t̪um]
Noun
[edit]segmentum n (genitive segmentī); second declension
- a cutting, cut; slice, piece
- a segment, strip or zone (of the earth)
- (in the plural) trimmings, bands, flounces
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | segmentum | segmenta |
| genitive | segmentī | segmentōrum |
| dative | segmentō | segmentīs |
| accusative | segmentum | segmenta |
| ablative | segmentō | segmentīs |
| vocative | segmentum | segmenta |
Synonyms
[edit]- (piece): fragmentum, frustum
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “segmentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “segmentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- segmentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “segmentum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers