amuletum
Latin
Etymology
Of uncertain origin. Watkins suggests a derivation from amylum (“starch”) as an original meaning of a medicine containing starch. Also compare amolior (“I remove from, I repel”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /a.muˈleː.tum/, [ämʊˈɫ̪eːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.muˈle.tum/, [ämuˈlɛːt̪um]
Noun
amulētum n (genitive amulētī); second declension
- an amulet
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | amulētum | amulēta |
| Genitive | amulētī | amulētōrum |
| Dative | amulētō | amulētīs |
| Accusative | amulētum | amulēta |
| Ablative | amulētō | amulētīs |
| Vocative | amulētum | amulēta |
Descendants
- Catalan: amulet
- English: amulet
- German: Amulett
- Portuguese: amuleto
- Russian: амуле́т (amulét)
- Spanish: amuleto
References
- “amuletum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- amuletum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “amuletum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- amuletum in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- “amuletum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
- Watkins, Calvert, ed., The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots, 2nd ed., Houghton Mifflin Co., 2000.