complementum
Latin
Etymology
Noun
complēmentum n (genitive complēmentī); second declension
- complement (that which fills up or completes)
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | complēmentum | complēmenta |
| Genitive | complēmentī | complēmentōrum |
| Dative | complēmentō | complēmentīs |
| Accusative | complēmentum | complēmenta |
| Ablative | complēmentō | complēmentīs |
| Vocative | complēmentum | complēmenta |
Descendants
- Catalan: complement, compliment
- English: complement, compliment
- French: complément
- Italian: complemento, complimento
- Portuguese: complemento, comprimento, cumprimento
- Romanian: complement, compliment
- Spanish: complemento, complimiento, cumplimiento
References
- “complementum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “complementum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- complementum 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)
- complementum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.