sedimentum

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From sedeō (“I sit”) +‎ -mentum.

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /se.diˈmen.tum/, [s̠ɛd̪ɪˈmɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /se.diˈmen.tum/, [sed̪iˈmɛn̪t̪um]

Noun edit

sedimentum n (genitive sedimentī); second declension

A settling, sinking down, subsidence

Declension edit

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sedimentum	sedimenta
Genitive	sedimentī	sedimentōrum
Dative	sedimentō	sedimentīs
Accusative	sedimentum	sedimenta
Ablative	sedimentō	sedimentīs
Vocative	sedimentum	sedimenta

Descendants edit

Catalan: sediment
→ English: sediment
→ Finnish: sedimentti
French: sédiment
Galician: sedimento
→ German: Sediment
Italian: sedimento
Portuguese: sedimento
Romanian: sediment
Spanish: sedimento

References edit

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

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