ferramentum
Latin
Etymology
From ferrum (“iron”) + -āmentum.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /fer.raːˈmen.tum/, [fɛrːäːˈmɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /fer.raˈmen.tum/, [ferːäˈmɛn̪t̪um]
Noun
ferrāmentum n (genitive ferrāmentī); second declension
- implement or tool made of, or pointed with, iron, especially an agricultural implement
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | ferrāmentum | ferrāmenta |
Genitive | ferrāmentī | ferrāmentōrum |
Dative | ferrāmentō | ferrāmentīs |
Accusative | ferrāmentum | ferrāmenta |
Ablative | ferrāmentō | ferrāmentīs |
Vocative | ferrāmentum | ferrāmenta |
Related terms
Descendants
- Catalan: ferramenta
- Galician: ferramenta
- Italian: ferramenta
- Spanish: herramienta
- Portuguese: ferramenta
References
- “ferramentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ferramentum 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)
- ferramentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.