segmen

Latin

Etymology

From secō (“I cut”) +‎ -men (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsɛɡ.mɛn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsɛɡ.men]

Noun

segmen n (genitive segminis); third declension

1. shred (piece cut off)

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	segmen	segmina
genitive	segminis	segminum
dative	segminī	segminibus
accusative	segmen	segmina
ablative	segmine	segminibus
vocative	segmen	segmina

References

• “segmen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “segmen”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.