fragmentum

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-

Proto-Indo-European *-né-

Latin frangō

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom

Proto-Italic *-mentom

Latin -mentum

Latin fragmentum

From frangō (“to break”) + -mentum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [fraɡˈmɛn.tũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [fraɡˈmɛn.tum]

Noun

fragmentum n (genitive fragmentī); second declension

1. a piece (broken off), remnant, fragment

   Synonyms: fragmen, frustum, sēgmentum

   • c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate John.6.12:

     Ut autem impleti sunt, dixit discipulis suis: Colligite quae superaverunt fragmenta, ne pereant.

     And when they were filled, he said to his disciples: Collect the pieces which remain, lest they go to waste.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	fragmentum	fragmenta
genitive	fragmentī	fragmentōrum
dative	fragmentō	fragmentīs
accusative	fragmentum	fragmenta
ablative	fragmentō	fragmentīs
vocative	fragmentum	fragmenta

Related terms

• fragilis
• fragilitās
• fragium
• fragmen
• fragor
• fragōsē
• fragōsus
• frangō

Descendants

• → Catalan: fragment (learned)
• → Czech: fragment (learned)
• → Dutch: fragment (learned)
  • → Indonesian: fragmen
• → Middle English: fragment (learned)
  • English: fragment
• → French: fragment (learned)
  • → Romanian: fragment
  • → Turkish: fragman
• → Galician: fragmento (learned)
• → German: Fragment (learned)
• Italian: frammento
• → Polish: fragment (learned)
• → Portuguese: fragmento (learned)
• → Russian: фрагмент (fragment) (learned)
• Sicilian: frammentu
• → Spanish: fragmento (learned)
• → Swedish: fragment (learned)

Further reading

• “fragmentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “fragmentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “fragmentum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.