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Latin
Etymology
From praedicō (“to declare, proclaim, predicate”) + -mentum (noun suffix). Calque of Ancient Greek κατηγορία (katēgoría, “predication, category”).
Pronunciation
Noun
praedicāmentum n (genitive praedicāmentī); second declension
- (Late Latin) that which is predicated, a predicament, category
- (Medieval Latin) a preaching, discourse
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
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