albamentum

Latin

Etymology

From albus (“white”) +‎ -mentum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /al.baːˈmen.tum/, [äɫ̪bäːˈmɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /al.baˈmen.tum/, [älbäˈmɛn̪t̪um]

Noun

albāmentum n (genitive albāmentī); second declension

1. albumen, egg white

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	albāmentum	albāmenta
Genitive	albāmentī	albāmentōrum
Dative	albāmentō	albāmentīs
Accusative	albāmentum	albāmenta
Ablative	albāmentō	albāmentīs
Vocative	albāmentum	albāmenta

Synonyms

• (albumen of an egg): albor, album, albūmen

Related terms

• albārium
• albārius
• albātus
• albēdō
• albeō

• albēscō
• albicēris
• albicō
• albidus

• albitūdō
• albor
• albūgō
• albulus

• album
• albūmen
• alburnum
• albus

References

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