argumentum

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English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin argūmentum. Doublet of argument.

Pronunciation

Noun

argumentum (plural argumenta)

  1. (chiefly formal, in law, logic, etc.) Used in numerous Latin phrases (and occasionally alone) in the sense of “appeal” or “argument”.
    • 1682: Sir Edward Coke, Argumentum anti-Normannicum, main title (John Darby)
      Argumentum anti-Normannicum: or, An argument proving, from ancient histories and records, that William, Duke of Normandy, made no absolute conquest of England by the sword; in the sense of our modern writers.

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Latin

Etymology

arguō (“I prove or demonstrate”, “I assert or allege”) +‎ -mentum (“instrument”, “medium”, “result of”)

Pronunciation

Noun

argūmentum n (genitive argūmentī); second declension

  1. argument (as in an argument for a position); evidence, a proof
  2. a point, a theme
  3. a topic, thesis
  4. a plot, especially in theater.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative argūmentum argūmenta
Genitive argūmentī argūmentōrum
Dative argūmentō argūmentīs
Accusative argūmentum argūmenta
Ablative argūmentō argūmentīs
Vocative argūmentum argūmenta

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References

  • “argūmentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “argumentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • argumentum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • argūmentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 160.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • a strong, striking proof: argumentum firmum, magnum
    • to bring forward a proof: argumentum afferre
    • to quote an argument in favour of immortality: argumentum immortalitatis afferre (not pro)
    • to bring forward a proof of the immortality of the soul: argumentum afferre, quo animos immortales esse demonstratur
    • a proof of this is that..: argumento huic rei est, quod
    • to prove a thing indisputably: argumentis confirmare, comprobare, evincere aliquid (or c. Acc. c. Inf.)
    • to derive an argument from a thing: argumentum ducere, sumere ex aliqua re or petere ab aliqua re
    • to persist in an argument, press a point: argumentum premere (not urgere)
    • the points on which proofs are based; the grounds of proof: loci (τόποι) argumentorum (De Or. 2. 162)
    • to refute arguments: argumenta refellere, confutare
    • the plot of the piece: argumentum
    • I have nothing to write about: non habeo argumentum scribendi
    • I have nothing to write about: deest mihi argumentum ad scribendum (Att. 9. 7. 7)
  • argumentum in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • “argūmentum” on page 168/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
  • Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “argumentum”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 59/2
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