tutamentum
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From tūtor (“watch, guard, defend”) + -mentum.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /tuː.taːˈmen.tum/, [t̪uːt̪äːˈmɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /tu.taˈmen.tum/, [t̪ut̪äˈmɛn̪t̪um]
Noun edit
tūtāmentum n (genitive tūtāmentī); second declension
- A means of protection; protection, defence or defense.
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | tūtāmentum | tūtāmenta |
| Genitive | tūtāmentī | tūtāmentōrum |
| Dative | tūtāmentō | tūtāmentīs |
| Accusative | tūtāmentum | tūtāmenta |
| Ablative | tūtāmentō | tūtāmentīs |
| Vocative | tūtāmentum | tūtāmenta |
Synonyms edit
- (protection): mūnīmentum, praesidium, tuitiō, tūtāculum, tūtāmen
Related terms edit
References edit
- “tutamentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “tutamentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- tutamentum 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)
- tutamentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.