calceamentum

English

Etymology

Latin calceamentum

Noun

calceamentum (plural calceamenta)

1. (historical) A red silk embroidered sandal forming part of the insignia of the Holy Roman Empire.

Latin

Etymology

From calceō +‎ -mentum.

Noun

calceāmentum n (genitive calceāmentī); second declension

1. shoe, sandal

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	calceāmentum	calceāmenta
Genitive	calceāmentī	calceāmentōrum
Dative	calceāmentō	calceāmentīs
Accusative	calceāmentum	calceāmenta
Ablative	calceāmentō	calceāmentīs
Vocative	calceāmentum	calceāmenta

Synonyms

• calceamen

Descendants

• Catalan: calçament
• French: chaussement
• Italian: calzamento
• Portuguese: calçamento
• Romanian: încălțăminte
• Spanish: calzamiento

References

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