scitamenta

Latin

FWOTD – 18 January 2014

Etymology

From scītus (“beautiful, fine”) +‎ -mentum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /skiː.taːˈmen.ta/, [s̠kiːt̪äːˈmɛn̪t̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ʃi.taˈmen.ta/, [ʃit̪äˈmɛn̪t̪ä]

Noun

scītāmenta n pl (genitive scītāmentōrum); second declension (plural only)

1. delicate food, dainties, delicacies
2. (figuratively) stylistic elegances, niceties or prettinesses of speech

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	scītāmenta
Genitive	scītāmentōrum
Dative	scītāmentīs
Accusative	scītāmenta
Ablative	scītāmentīs
Vocative	scītāmenta

Related terms

• sciō
• scīscō
• scītātiō
• scītē
• scītor
• scītulus
• scītum
• scītus

Descendants

• English: scitament

References

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