-amentum in Latin

IPA: [aːˈmɛn.tũː] [Classical-Latin], [aˈmɛn.tum] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: Rebracketing of -mentum and a preceding stem-final -ā-. Head templates: {{la-suffix-noun|-āmentum<2.N>}} -āmentum n (genitive -āmentī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|-āmentum<2>}} Forms: -āmentum [canonical, neuter], -āmentī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], -āmentum [nominative, singular], -āmenta [nominative, plural], -āmentī [genitive, singular], -āmentōrum [genitive, plural], -āmentō [dative, singular], -āmentīs [dative, plural], -āmentum [accusative, singular], -āmenta [accusative, plural], -āmentō [ablative, singular], -āmentīs [ablative, plural], -āmentum [singular, vocative], -āmenta [plural, vocative]

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    },
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        [
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    },
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    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-āmentum",
      "links": [
        [
          "-āmentum",
          "-amentum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-āmenta",
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          "-āmenta",
          "-amenta#Latin"
        ]
      ],
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        "plural"
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          "-amenti#Latin"
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        "singular"
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          "-amentorum#Latin"
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          "-amento#Latin"
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          "source": "w"
        },
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          "name": "Latin neuter suffixes in the second declension",
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        },
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      "glosses": [
        "instrument, medium, or result of"
      ],
      "id": "en--amentum-la-suffix-eXf5sv~w",
      "links": [
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      "ipa": "[aːˈmɛn.tũː]",
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      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
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}

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    {
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          "-āmentum",
          "-amentum#Latin"
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        "Pages using catfix",
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      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
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}

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"-amentum" meaning in Latin

Suffix