meditamentum
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
meditor (“to consider, prepare”) + -mentum
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /me.di.taːˈmen.tum/, [mɛd̪ɪt̪äːˈmɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /me.di.taˈmen.tum/, [med̪it̪äˈmɛn̪t̪um]
Noun[edit]
meditāmentum n (genitive meditāmentī); second declension
- preparation, exercises
- c. 100 CE – 110 CE, Tacitus, Histories 4.26:
- ibi struenda acie, muniendo vallandoque et ceteris belli meditamentis militem firmabant
- There they improved the morale of their soldiers by drilling them in battle formation, by having them erect fortifications and a palisade, and by all other forms of military training
- ibi struenda acie, muniendo vallandoque et ceteris belli meditamentis militem firmabant
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | meditāmentum | meditāmenta |
| Genitive | meditāmentī | meditāmentōrum |
| Dative | meditāmentō | meditāmentīs |
| Accusative | meditāmentum | meditāmenta |
| Ablative | meditāmentō | meditāmentīs |
| Vocative | meditāmentum | meditāmenta |
References[edit]
- “meditamentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “meditamentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- meditamentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.