paludamentum
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English
Etymology
Noun
paludamentum (plural paladumenta)
- (historical, Ancient Rome) A military cloak worn by a general and his principal officers, fastened at one shoulder.
- 1847, “The Wellington Statue”, in The Literary Gazette and Journal of Belles Lettres, Arts, Sciences, &c., London, page 523, column 2:
- The horse was not in the least like a Greek horse (nor even a Trojan), and F.M. the Duke of Wellington was not represented with the ensis or short sword in his grasp, the chlamys flying from his shoulder, or the paludamentum, as more suitable for the cool of the English climate (totidem divisos orbe &c.), the kothornos on his leg, the galea slung at the crupper? no reins, and his naked nether-man, not (as in these precious models) seated on the bare back of the bull-necked, square-jawed, dray-limbed steed.
References
- “paludamentum”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Latin
Etymology
Cognate with pallium and palla.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /pa.luː.daːˈmen.tum/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pa.lu.daˈmen.tum/,
Noun
palūdāmentum n (genitive palūdāmentī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | palūdāmentum | palūdāmenta |
| genitive | palūdāmentī | palūdāmentōrum |
| dative | palūdāmentō | palūdāmentīs |
| accusative | palūdāmentum | palūdāmenta |
| ablative | palūdāmentō | palūdāmentīs |
| vocative | palūdāmentum | palūdāmenta |
Related terms
Descendants
- English: paludamentum
- Italian: paludamento
- Spanish: paludamento
References
- “paludamentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “paludamentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- paludamentum 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)
- paludamentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “paludamentum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “paludamentum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin