eiectamenta

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Latin

Etymology

Plural of ēiectāmentum, from ēiectō (cast out, throw out) +‎ -mentum.

Compare typologically Russian отбро́сы (otbrósy) (plural of отбро́с (otbrós), < отбро́сить (otbrósitʹ) < бро́сить (brósitʹ)), also compare на вы́брос (na výbros).

Pronunciation

Noun

ēiectāmenta n pl (genitive ēiectāmentōrum); second declension

  1. refuse, waste
    • 2015, Pope Franciscus, “Laudato si’. , Litterae Encyclicae, Vatican:
      Sescentae tonnae eiectamentorum singulis annis efferuntur, quorum multa biodegradabilia non sunt: eiectamenta domestica et mercatoria, reliquiae destructionis, eiectamenta clinica, electronica vel industriae, eiectamenta prorsus venenifera et radiante vi praedita.
      Six hundred tons of waste are produced every year, much of which is not biodegradable: residential and commercial waste, remains of destruction, medical, electronic, or industrial waste, utterly poisonous and radioactive waste.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

plural
nominative ēiectāmenta
genitive ēiectāmentōrum
dative ēiectāmentīs
accusative ēiectāmenta
ablative ēiectāmentīs
vocative ēiectāmenta

Noun

ēiectāmenta n inan pl

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of ēiectāmentum

References

  • eiectamentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • eiectamentum in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
  • eiectamentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press