impedimentum
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /im.pe.diːˈmen.tum/, [ɪmpɛd̪iːˈmɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /im.pe.diˈmen.tum/, [imped̪iˈmɛn̪t̪um]
Noun[edit]
impedīmentum n (genitive impedīmentī); second declension
- impediment, hindrance
- Synonyms: obstāculum, mora
- (usually in the plural) luggage, equipage
- Caesar, de Bello Gallico VII, 10:
Declension[edit]
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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- “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