sedimentum

Latin

Etymology

From sedeō (“I sit”) +‎ -mentum.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [sɛ.dɪˈmɛn.tũː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [se.d̪iˈmɛn̪.t̪um]

Noun

sedimentum n (genitive sedimentī); second declension

A settling, sinking down, subsidence

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	sedimentum	sedimenta
genitive	sedimentī	sedimentōrum
dative	sedimentō	sedimentīs
accusative	sedimentum	sedimenta
ablative	sedimentō	sedimentīs
vocative	sedimentum	sedimenta

Descendants

Catalan: sediment
→ English: sediment
→ Finnish: sedimentti
French: sédiment
Galician: sedimento
→ German: Sediment
Italian: sedimento
Portuguese: sedimento
Romanian: sediment
Spanish: sedimento

References

“sedimentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
sedimentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.