tutamentum

Latin

Etymology

From tūtor (“watch, guard, defend”) +‎ -mentum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /tuː.taːˈmen.tum/, [t̪uːt̪äːˈmɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tu.taˈmen.tum/, [t̪ut̪äˈmɛn̪t̪um]

Noun

tūtāmentum n (genitive tūtāmentī); second declension

1. A means of protection; protection, defence or defense.

Declension

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

• (protection): mūnīmentum, praesidium, tuitiō, tūtāculum, tūtāmen

Related terms

Related terms

• tueor
• tuitiō
• tūtāculum
• tūtāmen
• tūtātiō
• tūtātor
• tūtor
• tūtōrius
• tūtrīx
• tūtus

References

• “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.