rudimentum

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From rudis +‎ -mentum.

Noun[edit]

rudīmentum n (genitive rudīmentī); second declension

first attempt
beginning, commencement
Synonyms: initium, exordium, prīmōrdium, orīgō, prīncipium, limen

Antonym: fīnis
(especially in plural) first principles; rudiments

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	rudīmentum	rudīmenta
Genitive	rudīmentī	rudīmentōrum
Dative	rudīmentō	rudīmentīs
Accusative	rudīmentum	rudīmenta
Ablative	rudīmentō	rudīmentīs
Vocative	rudīmentum	rudīmenta

Descendants[edit]

→ Catalan: rudiment
→ Old French: rudiment
- → English: rudiment
- French: rudiment
→ Galician: rudimento
→ Italian: rudimento
→ Portuguese: rudimento
→ Russian: рудимент (rudiment)
→ Spanish: rudimento

References[edit]

“rudimentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“rudimentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
rudimentum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
rudimentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

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