eiectamenta
Latin
Etymology
Plural of ēiectāmentum, from ēiectō (“cast out, throw out”) + -mentum.
Compare typologically Russian отбро́сы (otbrósy) (plural of отбро́с (otbrós), < отбро́сить (otbrósitʹ) < бро́сить (brósitʹ)), also compare на вы́брос (na výbros).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [eː.jɛk.taːˈmɛn.ta]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [e.jek.t̪aˈmɛn̪.t̪a]
Noun
ēiectāmenta n pl (genitive ēiectāmentōrum); second declension
- refuse, waste
- 2015, Pope Franciscus, “Laudato si’. [1], Litterae Encyclicae, Vatican:
- Sescentae tonnae eiectamentorum singulis annis efferuntur, quorum multa biodegradabilia non sunt: eiectamenta domestica et mercatoria, reliquiae destructionis, eiectamenta clinica, electronica vel industriae, eiectamenta prorsus venenifera et radiante vi praedita.
- Six hundred tons of waste are produced every year, much of which is not biodegradable: residential and commercial waste, remains of destruction, medical, electronic, or industrial waste, utterly poisonous and radioactive waste.
- 2015, Pope Franciscus, “Laudato si’. [1], Litterae Encyclicae, Vatican:
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.
| plural | |
|---|---|
| nominative | ēiectāmenta |
| genitive | ēiectāmentōrum |
| dative | ēiectāmentīs |
| accusative | ēiectāmenta |
| ablative | ēiectāmentīs |
| vocative | ēiectāmenta |
Noun
ēiectāmenta n inan pl
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural of ēiectāmentum
References
- eiectamentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- eiectamentum in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
- “eiectamentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press