munimentum
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From mūniō (“to build a wall around; fortify, protect, defend; shelter”) + -mentum.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /muː.niːˈmen.tum/, [muːniːˈmɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /mu.niˈmen.tum/, [muniˈmɛn̪t̪um]
Noun edit
mūnīmentum n (genitive mūnīmentī); second declension
- (military) A defence or defense, fortification, protection; intrenchment; rampart, bulwark; fortress.
- (figuratively) A shelter, defence, protection; safeguard.
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | mūnīmentum | mūnīmenta |
| Genitive | mūnīmentī | mūnīmentōrum |
| Dative | mūnīmentō | mūnīmentīs |
| Accusative | mūnīmentum | mūnīmenta |
| Ablative | mūnīmentō | mūnīmentīs |
| Vocative | mūnīmentum | mūnīmenta |
Synonyms edit
- (fortress): castellum, pugnāculum
- (protection): praesidium, tuitiō, munitio, tūtāculum, tūtāmen, tūtāmentum
- (rampart): prōpugnāculum, vallum
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- English: muniment
References edit
- “munimentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “munimentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- munimentum 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)
- munimentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.