segmentum

Latin

Etymology

From secō (“cut”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /seɡˈmen.tum/, [sɛɡˈmɛn.tũ]

Noun

segmentum n (genitive segmentī); second declension

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

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative segmentum segmenta
Genitive segmentī segmentōrum
Dative segmentō segmentīs
Accusative segmentum segmenta
Ablative segmentō segmentīs
Vocative segmentum segmenta

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Descendants

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
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