amentum
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]amentum (plural amenta)
Derived terms
[edit]Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“to join, fit”). Cognate with Latin apō (“I fasten”) and Ancient Greek ἅπτω (háptō, “I fasten”).
Noun
[edit]āmentum n (genitive āmentī); second declension
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | āmentum | āmenta |
Genitive | āmentī | āmentōrum |
Dative | āmentō | āmentīs |
Accusative | āmentum | āmenta |
Ablative | āmentō | āmentīs |
Vocative | āmentum | āmenta |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “amentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- amentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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