Latin edit

Etymology edit

From dūrō (harden) +‎ -mentum.

Noun edit

dūrāmentum n (genitive dūrāmentī); second declension

  1. a hardened, ligneous vine branch
  2. a means of hardening, a stimulus
  3. firmness

Declension edit

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dūrāmentum dūrāmenta
Genitive dūrāmentī dūrāmentōrum
Dative dūrāmentō dūrāmentīs
Accusative dūrāmentum dūrāmenta
Ablative dūrāmentō dūrāmentīs
Vocative dūrāmentum dūrāmenta

Related terms edit

References edit

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