purgamentum

Latin

Etymology

From pūrgō (“to clean; to purge”) +‎ -mentum.

Noun

pūrgāmentum n (genitive pūrgāmentī); second declension

1. sweepings, offscourings, filth, dirt

   Synonym: quisquilia

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pūrgāmentum	pūrgāmenta
Genitive	pūrgāmentī	pūrgāmentōrum
Dative	pūrgāmentō	pūrgāmentīs
Accusative	pūrgāmentum	pūrgāmenta
Ablative	pūrgāmentō	pūrgāmentīs
Vocative	pūrgāmentum	pūrgāmenta

References

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