scitamenta
Latin
FWOTD – 18 January 2014
Etymology
From scītus (“beautiful, fine”) + -mentum.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [skiː.taːˈmɛn.ta]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ʃi.t̪aˈmɛn̪.t̪a]
Noun
scītāmenta n pl (genitive scītāmentōrum); second declension (plural only)
- delicate food, dainties, delicacies
- (figuratively) stylistic elegances, niceties or prettinesses of speech
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.
| plural | |
|---|---|
| nominative | scītāmenta |
| genitive | scītāmentōrum |
| dative | scītāmentīs |
| accusative | scītāmenta |
| ablative | scītāmentīs |
| vocative | scītāmenta |
Related terms
Descendants
- English: scitament
References
- “scitamenta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- scitamenta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.