antepagmentum

Latin

Etymology

From ante + pangō (fasten).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /an.te.paɡˈmen.tum/, [an.tɛ.paɡˈmɛn.tũ]

Noun

antepagmentum n (genitive antepagmentī); second declension

  1. The entire chambranle, i.e. the door case, or window frame.
  2. (architecture, usually in the plural) In ancient architecture, doorposts, or garnishings in posts or doors, wrought in stone or timber, or lintels of a window.

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative antepagmentum antepagmenta
Genitive antepagmentī antepagmentōrum
Dative antepagmentō antepagmentīs
Accusative antepagmentum antepagmenta
Ablative antepagmentō antepagmentīs
Vocative antepagmentum antepagmenta

Quotations

References

  • antepagmentum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • antepagmentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Antepagmenta, Cyclopaedia: or, An Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (folio, 2 vols.), Ephraim Chambers. London 1728, p. 106.
  • ANTEPAGMENTA, Ancient Library, p. 98
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