pulmentum

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Latin

Etymology

Contraction of pulpāmentum, from pulpa.

Pronunciation

Noun

pulmentum n (genitive pulmentī); second declension

  1. a small portion of meat or fish eaten as a starter to a meal (later applied to larger savory dishes)
  2. a condiment, sauce, relish, eaten with bread

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

References

  • pulmentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pulmentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pulmentum 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)
  • pulmentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Oxford Latin Dictionary (first edition), page 1,518