impedimentum

Latin

Etymology

From impedio +‎ -mentum.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /im.pe.diːˈmen.tum/, [ɪmpɛd̪iːˈmɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /im.pe.diˈmen.tum/, [imped̪iˈmɛn̪t̪um]

Noun

impedīmentum n (genitive impedīmentī); second declension

  1. impediment, hindrance
    Synonyms: obstāculum, mora
  2. (usually in the plural) luggage, equipage
    Synonyms: sarcina, vasum
    • Caesar, de Bello Gallico VII, 10:
      Duabus Agendici legionibus atque impedimentis totius exer citus (exercitus) relictis ad Boios proficiscitur
      having left two legions and the luggage of the entire army in Agendicum, he departures to the Boii

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative impedīmentum impedīmenta
Genitive impedīmentī impedīmentōrum
Dative impedīmentō impedīmentīs
Accusative impedīmentum impedīmenta
Ablative impedīmentō impedīmentīs
Vocative impedīmentum impedīmenta

Descendants
  • Old French: *empedement (only attested once in the IXth Century in the plural under the form *empedementz)
  • Italian: impedimento
  • Piedmontese: impediment

Borrowed:

References
  • “impedimentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “impedimentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • impedimentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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