segmentum

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Latin

Etymology

From secō (“cut”) and the ending -mentum (“instrument, medium, or result of”).

Pronunciation

Noun

segmentum n (genitive segmentī); second declension

  1. a cutting, cut; slice, piece
  2. a segment, strip or zone (of the earth)
  3. (in the plural) trimmings, bands, flounces

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative segmentum segmenta
genitive segmentī segmentōrum
dative segmentō segmentīs
accusative segmentum segmenta
ablative segmentō segmentīs
vocative segmentum segmenta

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References

  • “segmentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “segmentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • segmentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “segmentum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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