pulmentum
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Disputed. Perhaps a contraction of pulpāmentum, from pulpa + -mentum. Alternatively, De Vaan suggests a derivation from earlier *pelp-mento-. Compare Umbrian pelmner (“meat”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pʊɫˈmɛn.tũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [pulˈmɛn.tum]
Noun
[edit]pulmentum n (genitive pulmentī); second declension
- a small portion of meat or fish eaten as a starter to a meal (later applied to larger savory dishes)
- a condiment, sauce, relish, eaten with bread
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pulmentum | pulmenta |
| genitive | pulmentī | pulmentōrum |
| dative | pulmentō | pulmentīs |
| accusative | pulmentum | pulmenta |
| ablative | pulmentō | pulmentīs |
| vocative | pulmentum | pulmenta |
References
[edit]- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “pulpa”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 497-498
- “pulmentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pulmentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "pulmentum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “pulmentum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (first edition), page 1,518