paludamentum

English

Etymology

Noun

paludamentum (plural paladumenta)

(historical, Ancient Rome) A military cloak worn by a general and his principal officers.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for paludamentum in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Latin

Etymology

Cognate with pallium and palla.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /pa.luː.daːˈmen.tum/, [pa.ɫuː.daːˈmɛn.tũː]

Noun

palūdāmentum n (genitive palūdāmentī); second declension

A military cloak or cape fastened at one shoulder.

Declension

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	palūdāmentum	palūdāmenta
Genitive	palūdāmentī	palūdāmentōrum
Dative	palūdāmentō	palūdāmentīs
Accusative	palūdāmentum	palūdāmenta
Ablative	palūdāmentō	palūdāmentīs
Vocative	palūdāmentum	palūdāmenta

Related terms

palūdātus

Descendants

English: paludamentum
Italian: paludamento
Spanish: paludamento

References

paludamentum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
paludamentum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
paludamentum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
paludamentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
paludamentum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
paludamentum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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