ferramentum

Latin

Etymology

From ferrum (“iron”) +‎ -āmentum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /fer.raːˈmen.tum/, [fɛrːäːˈmɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fer.raˈmen.tum/, [ferːäˈmɛn̪t̪um]

Noun

ferrāmentum n (genitive ferrāmentī); second declension

1. implement or tool made of, or pointed with, iron, especially an agricultural implement

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ferrāmentum	ferrāmenta
Genitive	ferrāmentī	ferrāmentōrum
Dative	ferrāmentō	ferrāmentīs
Accusative	ferrāmentum	ferrāmenta
Ablative	ferrāmentō	ferrāmentīs
Vocative	ferrāmentum	ferrāmenta

Related terms

• ferrāmentārius
• ferrāria
• ferrārius
• ferrātus
• ferreus
• ferrūgināns
• ferrūgineus
• ferrūgo
• ferrum
• ferrūmen

Descendants

• Catalan: ferramenta
• Galician: ferramenta
• → Interlingua: ferramento
• Italian: ferramenta
• Portuguese: ferramenta
• Spanish: herramienta

References

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