"fomentum" meaning in Latin

See fomentum in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /foːˈmen.tum/ [Classical-Latin], [foːˈmɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ] [Classical-Latin], /foˈmen.tum/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [foˈmɛn̪t̪um] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Contraction of *fovimentum, from foveō (“keep warm; support, assist”) + -mentum (compare mōmentum, from moveō). Etymology templates: {{af|la|foveō|-mentum|t1=keep warm; support, assist}} foveō (“keep warm; support, assist”) + -mentum Head templates: {{la-noun|fōmentum<2>}} fōmentum n (genitive fōmentī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|fōmentum<2>}} Forms: fōmentum [canonical, neuter], fōmentī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], fōmentum [nominative, singular], fōmenta [nominative, plural], fōmentī [genitive, singular], fōmentōrum [genitive, plural], fōmentō [dative, singular], fōmentīs [dative, plural], fōmentum [accusative, singular], fōmenta [accusative, plural], fōmentō [ablative, singular], fōmentīs [ablative, plural], fōmentum [singular, vocative], fōmenta [plural, vocative]
  1. (medicine, usually in the plural) A warm application, lotion, compress or poultice, fomentation. Tags: declension-2, plural-normally Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-fomentum-la-noun-64zYv657 Categories (other): Latin neuter nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the second declension: 35 29 36 Topics: medicine, sciences
  2. (by extension) Kindling-wood, touchwood, tinder. Tags: broadly, declension-2 Derived forms (fōmentō): fōmentātiō
    Sense id: en-fomentum-la-noun-MTBRe~77 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin neuter nouns in the second declension, Latin terms suffixed with -mentum, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 20 69 11 Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the second declension: 35 29 36 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -mentum: 30 39 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 75 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 86 7 Disambiguation of 'fōmentō': 9 57 34
  3. (figuratively) A remedy, lenitive, mitigation, alleviation. Tags: declension-2, figuratively
    Sense id: en-fomentum-la-noun-sd~oNJOA Categories (other): Latin neuter nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the second declension: 35 29 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fōmes Related terms: fōmes
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    {
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}

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  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Latin",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "fomentum",
  "trace": ""
}

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