levamentum
Latin
Etymology
Derived from levō (“I relieve, alleviate”) + -mentum (“instrument, medium”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɫɛ.waːˈmɛn.tũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [le.vaˈmɛn̪.t̪um]
Noun
levāmentum n (genitive levāmentī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | levāmentum | levāmenta |
| genitive | levāmentī | levāmentōrum |
| dative | levāmentō | levāmentīs |
| accusative | levāmentum | levāmenta |
| ablative | levāmentō | levāmentīs |
| vocative | levāmentum | levāmenta |
References
- “levamentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- levamentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.