condimentum

Latin

Etymology

From condiō (“to spice, to season”) +‎ -mentum.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɔn.diːˈmɛn.tũː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kon̪.d̪iˈmɛn̪.t̪um]

Noun

condīmentum n (genitive condīmentī); second declension

A spice, seasoning.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	condīmentum	condīmenta
genitive	condīmentī	condīmentōrum
dative	condīmentō	condīmentīs
accusative	condīmentum	condīmenta
ablative	condīmentō	condīmentīs
vocative	condīmentum	condīmenta

Related terms

Descendants

→ Catalan: condiment
→ English: condiment
→ French: condiment
→ Galician: condimento
→ Italian: condimento
→ Portuguese: condimento
→ Romanian: condiment
→ Spanish: condimento

References

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