pilentum
English
Noun
pilentum (plural pilentums or pilenta)
- (historical, Roman antiquity) An easy chariot or carriage, used by Roman ladies, and in which the vessels etc. for sacred rites were carried.
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 pilentum in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Gaulish.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /piːˈlen.tum/, [piːˈɫɛn.tũ]
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pīlentum | pīlenta |
| Genitive | pīlentī | pīlentōrum |
| Dative | pīlentō | pīlentīs |
| Accusative | pīlentum | pīlenta |
| Ablative | pīlentō | pīlentīs |
| Vocative | pīlentum | pīlenta |
References
- pilentum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- pilentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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