See also: -amento

Esperanto

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [aˈmento]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ento
  • Hyphenation: a‧men‧to

Noun

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amento (accusative singular amenton, plural amentoj, accusative plural amentojn)

  1. (botany) amentum, catkin (type of inflorescence)
    • Sergio Pokrovskij (translator), La Majstro kaj Margarita (The Master and Margarita) by Mikhail Bulgakov, Book 2, Chapter 21,
      Sub la salikoj, sub ties branĉoj prezentantaj delikatajn, lanugajn amentojn klare videblajn en la lunlumo, dikmuzelaj ranoj sidis en du vicoj
      Under the willow branches, hung with tender, fluffy tassels clearly visible in the moonlight, sat two rows of fat-jowled frogs. (Mirra Ginsburg translation, Grove, 1995)

Galician

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Verb

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amento

  1. first-person singular present indicative of amentar

Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin āmentum.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /aˈmɛn.to/, /aˈmen.to/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnto, -ento
  • Hyphenation: a‧mèn‧to, a‧mén‧to

Noun

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amento m (plural amenti)

  1. (botany) ear, spike (the fruiting body of a grain plant)
    Synonym: infiorescenza a spiga

Further reading

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  • amento in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  • amento in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • amento in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • amento in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • amento in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From āmentum (strap, thong) +‎ .

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Verb

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āmentō (present infinitive āmentāre, perfect active āmentāvī, supine āmentātum); first conjugation

  1. to furnish with a strap or thong
  2. to hurl, dart or speed on something by using or as if by using a thong

Conjugation

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   Conjugation of āmentō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present āmentō āmentās āmentat āmentāmus āmentātis āmentant
imperfect āmentābam āmentābās āmentābat āmentābāmus āmentābātis āmentābant
future āmentābō āmentābis āmentābit āmentābimus āmentābitis āmentābunt
perfect āmentāvī āmentāvistī āmentāvit āmentāvimus āmentāvistis āmentāvērunt,
āmentāvēre
pluperfect āmentāveram āmentāverās āmentāverat āmentāverāmus āmentāverātis āmentāverant
future perfect āmentāverō āmentāveris āmentāverit āmentāverimus āmentāveritis āmentāverint
passive present āmentor āmentāris,
āmentāre
āmentātur āmentāmur āmentāminī āmentantur
imperfect āmentābar āmentābāris,
āmentābāre
āmentābātur āmentābāmur āmentābāminī āmentābantur
future āmentābor āmentāberis,
āmentābere
āmentābitur āmentābimur āmentābiminī āmentābuntur
perfect āmentātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect āmentātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect āmentātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present āmentem āmentēs āmentet āmentēmus āmentētis āmentent
imperfect āmentārem āmentārēs āmentāret āmentārēmus āmentārētis āmentārent
perfect āmentāverim āmentāverīs āmentāverit āmentāverīmus āmentāverītis āmentāverint
pluperfect āmentāvissem āmentāvissēs āmentāvisset āmentāvissēmus āmentāvissētis āmentāvissent
passive present āmenter āmentēris,
āmentēre
āmentētur āmentēmur āmentēminī āmententur
imperfect āmentārer āmentārēris,
āmentārēre
āmentārētur āmentārēmur āmentārēminī āmentārentur
perfect āmentātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect āmentātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present āmentā āmentāte
future āmentātō āmentātō āmentātōte āmentantō
passive present āmentāre āmentāminī
future āmentātor āmentātor āmentantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives āmentāre āmentāvisse āmentātūrum esse āmentārī āmentātum esse āmentātum īrī
participles āmentāns āmentātūrus āmentātus āmentandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
āmentandī āmentandō āmentandum āmentandō āmentātum āmentātū

Derived terms

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References

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  • amento”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • amento in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Etymology

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From Latin āmentum.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ẽtu
  • Hyphenation: a‧men‧to

Noun

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amento m (plural amentos)

  1. (botany) catkin (botany: a type of inflorescence)
    Synonym: amentilho

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin āmentum.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /aˈmento/ [aˈmẽn̪.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -ento
  • Syllabification: a‧men‧to

Noun

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amento m (plural amentos)

  1. catkin
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