eiectamenta
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From ēiectō (“cast out, throw out”) + -mentum.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /eː.i̯ek.taːˈmen.ta/, [eːi̯ɛkt̪äːˈmɛn̪t̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /e.jek.taˈmen.ta/, [ejekt̪äˈmɛn̪t̪ä]
Noun edit
ēiectāmenta n pl (genitive ēiectāmentōrum); second declension
- refuse, waste
- 2015, Pope Franciscus, “Laudato si’. [1], Litterae Encyclicae, Vatican:
- Sescentae tonnae eiectamentorum singulis annis efferuntur, quorum multa biodegradabilia non sunt: eiectamenta domestica et mercatoria, reliquiae destructionis, eiectamenta clinica, electronica vel industriae, eiectamenta prorsus venenifera et radiante vi praedita.
- Six hundred tons of waste are produced every year, much of which is not biodegradable: residential and commercial waste, remains of destruction, medical, electronic, or industrial waste, utterly poisonous and radioactive waste.
- 2015, Pope Franciscus, “Laudato si’. [1], Litterae Encyclicae, Vatican:
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.
| Case | Plural |
|---|---|
| Nominative | ēiectāmenta |
| Genitive | ēiectāmentōrum |
| Dative | ēiectāmentīs |
| Accusative | ēiectāmenta |
| Ablative | ēiectāmentīs |
| Vocative | ēiectāmenta |
References edit
- eiectamentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- eiectamentum in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
- “eiectamentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press