instrumentum

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Latin

Etymology

From īnstruō (“build, construct; arrange”) +‎ -mentum.

Pronunciation

Noun

īnstrūmentum n (genitive īnstrūmentī); second declension

  1. An instrument, tool, utensil
  2. (collective) supply, provision
  3. (general) paraphernalia, equipment
  4. records, documents

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative īnstrūmentum īnstrūmenta
genitive īnstrūmentī īnstrūmentōrum
dative īnstrūmentō īnstrūmentīs
accusative īnstrūmentum īnstrūmenta
ablative īnstrūmentō īnstrūmentīs
vocative īnstrūmentum īnstrūmenta

Descendants

References

  • “instrumentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “instrumentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • instrumentum 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)
  • instrumentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • instrumentum in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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