lomentum

English

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɛntəm

Noun

lomentum (plural lomentums or lomenta)

  1. Synonym of loment

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- (“to wash”). Cognates include Latin lavō, Ancient Greek λούω (loúō), λοέω (loéō), Albanian laj, Old Armenian լոգանամ (loganam), and Old English lēaþor (English lather).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /loːˈmen.tum/, [ɫ̪oːˈmɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /loˈmen.tum/, [loˈmɛn̪t̪um]

Noun

lōmentum n (genitive lōmentī); second declension

  1. face powder, face cream, soap
  2. bean meal
  3. blue pigment

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative lōmentum lōmenta
Genitive lōmentī lōmentōrum
Dative lōmentō lōmentīs
Accusative lōmentum lōmenta
Ablative lōmentō lōmentīs
Vocative lōmentum lōmenta

Derived terms
  • lōmentārius

References
  • “lomentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • lomentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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