atramentum

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Latin

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Etymology

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From āter (black) +‎ -āmentum.

Noun

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ātrāmentum n (genitive ātrāmentī); second declension

  1. black liquid
  2. ink
    Near-synonym: encaustum
  3. blacking

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ātrāmentum ātrāmenta
Genitive ātrāmentī ātrāmentōrum
Dative ātrāmentō ātrāmentīs
Accusative ātrāmentum ātrāmenta
Ablative ātrāmentō ātrāmentīs
Vocative ātrāmentum ātrāmenta

Descendants

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References

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  • atramentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • atramentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • atramentum 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)
  • atramentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • atramentum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • atramentum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin