sentimentum

Latin

Etymology

From sentiō +‎ -mentum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /sen.tiˈmen.tum/, [s̠ɛn̪t̪ɪˈmɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sen.tiˈmen.tum/, [sen̪t̪iˈmɛn̪t̪um]

Noun

sentimentum n (genitive sentimentī); second declension

1. (Medieval Latin) feeling, opinion, sentiment

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	sentimentum	sentimenta
genitive	sentimentī	sentimentōrum
dative	sentimentō	sentimentīs
accusative	sentimentum	sentimenta
ablative	sentimentō	sentimentīs
vocative	sentimentum	sentimenta

Descendants

• Catalan: sentiment
• English: sentiment
• French: sentiment
• Friulian: sintiment
• Italian: sentimento
• Old French: sentement
• Portuguese: sentimento

  • Papiamentu: sintimentu

• Romanian: sentiment, simțământ
• Sicilian: sintimentu
• Spanish: sentimiento

References

• sentimentum 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)
• sentimentum in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016