sarmentum
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin sarmentum.
Noun
sarmentum (plural sarmenta)
- (botany) A runner.
- 1821, Samuel Frederick Gray, An Introduction to Botany, in A Natural Arrangement of British Plants, With An Introduction to Botany, Volume 1, page 42,
- Runner-bearing, viticulosæ. Throwing out runners, viticulæ, sarmenta, or flagella, which take root from space to space.
- 1821, Samuel Frederick Gray, An Introduction to Botany, in A Natural Arrangement of British Plants, With An Introduction to Botany, Volume 1, page 42,
Related terms
Latin
Etymology
From sarpō (“to cut off, trim, prune, clean”).
Noun
sarmentum n (genitive sarmentī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | sarmentum | sarmenta |
Genitive | sarmentī | sarmentōrum |
Dative | sarmentō | sarmentīs |
Accusative | sarmentum | sarmenta |
Ablative | sarmentō | sarmentīs |
Vocative | sarmentum | sarmenta |
Descendants
- French: sarment
- Italian: sarmento
- Old Galician-Portuguese: xermento
- Portuguese: sarmento
- Spanish: sarmiento
References
- “sarmentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “sarmentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sarmentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.