argumentum
English
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin argūmentum. Doublet of argument.
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ärgyo͞omĕnʹtəm, IPA(key): /ɑːɡjuːˈmɛntəm/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɑɹɡjuˈmɛntəm/
- (Latinate) IPA(key): /ɑɹ.ɡuːˈmeɪn.tum/
- Rhymes: -ɛntəm
Noun
editargumentum (plural argumenta)
- (chiefly formal, in law, logic, etc.) Used in numerous Latin phrases (and occasionally alone) in the sense of “appeal” or “argument”.
- 1682: Sir Edward Coke, Argumentum anti-Normannicum, main title (John Darby)
- Argumentum anti-Normannicum: or, An argument proving, from ancient histories and records, that William, Duke of Normandy, made no absolute conquest of England by the sword; in the sense of our modern writers.
- 1682: Sir Edward Coke, Argumentum anti-Normannicum, main title (John Darby)
Derived terms
editDerived terms
- argumentum ab auctoritate est fortissimum in lege (law)
- argumentum ab auctoritate plurimum valet in lege (law)
- argumentum ab impossibili plurimum valet in lege (law)
- argumentum ab impossibili valet in lege (law)
- argumentum ab inconvenienti est validum in lege; quia lex non permittit aliquod inconveniens (law)
- argumentum ad antiquitatem (logic)
- argumentum ad baculum (logic)
- argumentum ad captandum (logic)
- argumentum ad consequentiam (logic)
- argumentum ad crumenam (logic)
- argumentum ad Hitlerum (logic)
- argumentum ad hominem (logic)
- argumentum ad ignorantiam (logic)
- argumentum ad infinitum (logic)
- argumentum ad lapidem (logic)
- argumentum ad Lazarum (logic)
- argumentum ad logicam (logic)
- argumentum ad metum (logic)
- argumentum ad misericordiam (logic)
- argumentum ad nauseam (logic)
- argumentum ad novitatem (logic)
- argumentum ad numerum (logic)
- argumentum ad odium (logic)
- argumentum ad populum (logic)
- argumentum ad temperantiam (logic)
- argumentum ad verecundiam (logic)
- argumentum a fortiori (logic)
- argumentum a silentio
- argumentum a simili valet in lege (law)
- argumentum ex motu (theology)
- argumentum ex ratione causæ efficientis (theology)
- argumentum e silentio, argumentum ex silentio (logic)
- argumentum ornithologicum
- argumentum ad dictionarium
- argumentum ad feminam
- argumentum ad fidem
- argumentum ad invidiam
- argumentum ad judicium
- argumentum ad passiones
- argumentum baculinum
Related terms
editLatin
editEtymology
editarguō (“I prove or demonstrate”, “I assert or allege”) + -mentum (“instrument”, “medium”, “result of”)
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ar.ɡuːˈmen.tum/, [ärɡuːˈmɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ar.ɡuˈmen.tum/, [ärɡuˈmɛn̪t̪um]
Noun
editargūmentum n (genitive argūmentī); second declension
- argument (as in an argument for a position); evidence, a proof
- a point, a theme
- a topic, thesis
- a plot, especially in theater.
Declension
editSecond-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | argūmentum | argūmenta |
Genitive | argūmentī | argūmentōrum |
Dative | argūmentō | argūmentīs |
Accusative | argūmentum | argūmenta |
Ablative | argūmentō | argūmentīs |
Vocative | argūmentum | argūmenta |
Derived terms
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- “argūmentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “argumentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- argumentum 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)
- argūmentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 160.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- a strong, striking proof: argumentum firmum, magnum
- to bring forward a proof: argumentum afferre
- to quote an argument in favour of immortality: argumentum immortalitatis afferre (not pro)
- to bring forward a proof of the immortality of the soul: argumentum afferre, quo animos immortales esse demonstratur
- a proof of this is that..: argumento huic rei est, quod
- to prove a thing indisputably: argumentis confirmare, comprobare, evincere aliquid (or c. Acc. c. Inf.)
- to derive an argument from a thing: argumentum ducere, sumere ex aliqua re or petere ab aliqua re
- to persist in an argument, press a point: argumentum premere (not urgere)
- the points on which proofs are based; the grounds of proof: loci (τόποι) argumentorum (De Or. 2. 162)
- to refute arguments: argumenta refellere, confutare
- the plot of the piece: argumentum
- I have nothing to write about: non habeo argumentum scribendi
- I have nothing to write about: deest mihi argumentum ad scribendum (Att. 9. 7. 7)
- a strong, striking proof: argumentum firmum, magnum
- argumentum in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- “argūmentum” on page 168/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “argumentum”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 59/2
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