samentum

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Latin

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂k- (to sanctify, to make a treaty).[1] Compare Latin sanciō and sacer.

Pronunciation

Noun

sāmentum n (genitive sāmentī); second declension

  1. A kind of cap made of hide used by the flamen

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative sāmentum sāmenta
genitive sāmentī sāmentōrum
dative sāmentō sāmentīs
accusative sāmentum sāmenta
ablative sāmentō sāmentīs
vocative sāmentum sāmenta

References

  • samentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “samentum”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 474