segmentum

Latin

Etymology

From secō (“cut”) and the ending -mentum (“instrument, medium, or result of”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /seɡˈmen.tum/, [s̠ɛɡˈmɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /seɡˈmen.tum/, [seɡˈmɛn̪t̪um]

Noun

segmentum n (genitive segmentī); second declension

1. a cutting, cut; slice, piece
2. a segment, strip or zone (of the earth)
3. (in the plural) trimmings, bands, flounces

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	segmentum	segmenta
Genitive	segmentī	segmentōrum
Dative	segmentō	segmentīs
Accusative	segmentum	segmenta
Ablative	segmentō	segmentīs
Vocative	segmentum	segmenta

Synonyms

• (piece): fragmentum, frustum

Related terms

• secō
• secta
• sectārius
• sector

Descendants

• → Catalan: segment
• → Crimean Tatar: segment
• → English: segment
• → French: segment
  • → Dutch: segment
    • Afrikaans: segment
    • → West Frisian: segmint
  • → Romanian: segment
  • → Turkish: segment
• → Galician: segmento
• → Italian: segmento
• → Portuguese: segmento
• → Russian: сегмент (segment)
• → Spanish: segmento

References

• “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