segmentum

Latin

Etymology

From secō (“cut”) and the ending -mentum (“instrument, medium, or result of”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [sɛɡˈmɛn.tũː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [seɡˈmɛn̪.t̪um]

Noun

segmentum n (genitive segmentī); second declension

a cutting, cut; slice, piece
a segment, strip or zone (of the earth)
(in the plural) trimmings, bands, flounces

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	segmentum	segmenta
genitive	segmentī	segmentōrum
dative	segmentō	segmentīs
accusative	segmentum	segmenta
ablative	segmentō	segmentīs
vocative	segmentum	segmenta

Synonyms

(piece): fragmentum, frustum

Related terms

Descendants

→ Catalan: segment
→ Crimean Tatar: segment
→ English: segment
→ French: segment
- → Dutch: segment
  - Afrikaans: segment
  - → West Frisian: segmint
- → Romanian: segment
- → Turkish: segment
→ Galician: segmento
→ Italian: segmento
→ Portuguese: segmento
→ Russian: сегмент (segment)
→ Spanish: segmento

References

“segmentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“segmentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
segmentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
“segmentum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers