meditamentum

Latin

Etymology

meditor (“to consider, prepare”) +‎ -mentum

Pronunciation

Noun

meditāmentum n (genitive meditāmentī); second declension

  1. preparation, exercises
    • c. 100 CE – 110 CE, Tacitus, Histories 4.26:
      ibi struenda acie, muniendo vallandoque et ceteris belli meditamentis militem firmabant
      There they improved the morale of their soldiers by drilling them in battle formation, by having them erect fortifications and a palisade, and by all other forms of military training

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative meditāmentum meditāmenta
genitive meditāmentī meditāmentōrum
dative meditāmentō meditāmentīs
accusative meditāmentum meditāmenta
ablative meditāmentō meditāmentīs
vocative meditāmentum meditāmenta

References

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