scitamenta

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Latin

Etymology

From scītus (beautiful, fine) +‎ -mentum.

Pronunciation

Noun

scītāmenta n pl (genitive scītāmentōrum); second declension (plural only)

  1. delicate food, dainties, delicacies
  2. (figuratively) stylistic elegances, niceties or prettinesses of speech

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

plural
nominative scītāmenta
genitive scītāmentōrum
dative scītāmentīs
accusative scītāmenta
ablative scītāmentīs
vocative scītāmenta

Descendants

  • English: scitament

References

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