praesegmen

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Latin

Etymology

From praesecō (I cut off) +‎ -men (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

praesegmen n (genitive praesegminis); third declension

  1. a piece cut off, a paring

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

singular plural
nominative praesegmen praesegmina
genitive praesegminis praesegminum
dative praesegminī praesegminibus
accusative praesegmen praesegmina
ablative praesegmine praesegminibus
vocative praesegmen praesegmina

References

  • praesegmen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • praesegmen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.