figmentum

Latin

Etymology

From fingo +‎ -mentum.

Noun

figmentum n (genitive figmentī); second declension

1. formation
2. figure, image, figment
3. fiction

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	figmentum	figmenta
Genitive	figmentī	figmentōrum
Dative	figmentō	figmentīs
Accusative	figmentum	figmenta
Ablative	figmentō	figmentīs
Vocative	figmentum	figmenta

References

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