rudimentum

Latin

Etymology

From rudis +‎ -mentum.

Noun

rudīmentum n (genitive rudīmentī); second declension

  1. first attempt
  2. beginning, commencement
    Synonyms: initium, exordium, prīmōrdium, orīgō, prīncipium, limen
    Antonym: fīnis
  3. (chiefly in the plural) first principles; rudiments

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative rudīmentum rudīmenta
genitive rudīmentī rudīmentōrum
dative rudīmentō rudīmentīs
accusative rudīmentum rudīmenta
ablative rudīmentō rudīmentīs
vocative rudīmentum rudīmenta

Descendants

  • → Catalan: rudiment
  • → Old French: rudiment
  • → Galician: rudimento
  • → Italian: rudimento
  • → Portuguese: rudimento
  • → Russian: рудимент (rudiment)
  • → Spanish: rudimento

References

  • “rudimentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “rudimentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "rudimentum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • rudimentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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