Latin edit

Etymology edit

From ligō (tie, bind) +‎ -mentum.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ligāmentum n (genitive ligāmentī); second declension

  1. bandage
  2. ligament

Declension edit

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ligāmentum ligāmenta
Genitive ligāmentī ligāmentōrum
Dative ligāmentō ligāmentīs
Accusative ligāmentum ligāmenta
Ablative ligāmentō ligāmentīs
Vocative ligāmentum ligāmenta

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References edit

  • ligamentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ligamentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ligamentum 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)
  • ligamentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette