impedimentum

Latin

Etymology

From impedio +‎ -mentum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /im.pe.diːˈmen.tum/, [ɪmpɛd̪iːˈmɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /im.pe.diˈmen.tum/, [imped̪iˈmɛn̪t̪um]

Noun

impedīmentum n (genitive impedīmentī); second declension

1. impediment, hindrance

   Synonyms: obstāculum, mora

2. (usually in the plural) luggage, equipage

   Synonyms: sarcina, vasum

   • Caesar, de Bello Gallico VII, 10:

     Duabus Agendici legionibus atque impedimentis totius exer citus (exercitus) relictis ad Boios proficiscitur

     having left two legions and the luggage of the entire army in Agendicum, he departures to the Boii

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	impedīmentum	impedīmenta
Genitive	impedīmentī	impedīmentōrum
Dative	impedīmentō	impedīmentīs
Accusative	impedīmentum	impedīmenta
Ablative	impedīmentō	impedīmentīs
Vocative	impedīmentum	impedīmenta

Descendants

• Old French: *empedement (only attested once in the IXth Century in the plural under the form *empedementz)
• Italian: impedimento
• Piedmontese: impediment

Borrowed:

• → English: impediment
• → Portuguese: impedimento
• → Romanian: impediment
• → Spanish: impedimento

References

• “impedimentum”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
• “impedimentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• impedimentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette