ornamentum

Latin

Etymology

ōrnō +‎ -mentum

Pronunciation

Noun

ōrnāmentum n (genitive ōrnāmentī); second declension

  1. equipment, apparatus, furniture
  2. decoration, ornament, embellishment
    • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.44:
      Amicitiam populi Romani sibi ornamento et praesidio, non detrimento esse oportere, atque se hac spe petisse.
      That the friendship of the Roman people ought to prove to him an ornament and a safeguard, not a detriment; and that he sought it with that expectation.
  3. adornment, (plural) regalia
  4. jewel, jewelry

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ōrnāmentum ōrnāmenta
Genitive ōrnāmentī ōrnāmentōrum
Dative ōrnāmentō ōrnāmentīs
Accusative ōrnāmentum ōrnāmenta
Ablative ōrnāmentō ōrnāmentīs
Vocative ōrnāmentum ōrnāmenta

Descendants

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