purgamentum

Latin

Etymology

From pūrgō (“to clean; to purge”) +‎ -mentum.

Noun

pūrgāmentum n (genitive pūrgāmentī); second declension

  1. sweepings, offscourings, filth, dirt
    Synonym: quisquilia

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pūrgāmentum pūrgāmenta
Genitive pūrgāmentī pūrgāmentōrum
Dative pūrgāmentō pūrgāmentīs
Accusative pūrgāmentum pūrgāmenta
Ablative pūrgāmentō pūrgāmentīs
Vocative pūrgāmentum pūrgāmenta

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