polimenta

Latin

Etymology

From poliō (“I polish, smooth”) +‎ -mentum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /po.liːˈmen.ta/, [pɔlʲiːˈmɛn̪t̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /po.liˈmen.ta/, [poliˈmɛn̪t̪ä]

Noun

polīmenta n pl (genitive polīmentōrum); second declension (plural only)

1. the testicles, especially of the pork

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	polīmenta
Genitive	polīmentōrum
Dative	polīmentīs
Accusative	polīmenta
Ablative	polīmentīs
Vocative	polīmenta

References

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