ornamentum
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /oːr.naːˈmen.tum/, [oːrnäːˈmɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /or.naˈmen.tum/, [ornäˈmɛn̪t̪um]
Noun edit
ōrnāmentum n (genitive ōrnāmentī); second declension
- equipment, apparatus, furniture
- decoration, ornament, embellishment
- c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.44:
- Amicitiam populi Romani sibi ornamento et praesidio, non detrimento esse oportere, atque se hac spe petisse.
- That the friendship of the Roman people ought to prove to him an ornament and a safeguard, not a detriment; and that he sought it with that expectation.
- Amicitiam populi Romani sibi ornamento et praesidio, non detrimento esse oportere, atque se hac spe petisse.
- adornment, (plural) regalia
- jewel, jewelry
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ōrnāmentum | ōrnāmenta |
| Genitive | ōrnāmentī | ōrnāmentōrum |
| Dative | ōrnāmentō | ōrnāmentīs |
| Accusative | ōrnāmentum | ōrnāmenta |
| Ablative | ōrnāmentō | ōrnāmentīs |
| Vocative | ōrnāmentum | ōrnāmenta |
Descendants edit
- Catalan: ornament
- Galician: ornamento
- Italian: ornamento
- Old French: ornement (see there for further descendants)
- Portuguese: ornamento
- Russian: орнамент (ornament)
- Spanish: ornamento
- Swedish: ornament
References edit
- “ornamentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ornamentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ornamentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.