paludamentum

English

Etymology

Latin

Noun

paludamentum (plural paladumenta)

  1. (historical, Ancient Rome) A military cloak worn by a general and his principal officers.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for paludamentum in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Latin

Etymology

Cognate with pallium and palla.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /pa.luː.daːˈmen.tum/, [päɫ̪uːd̪äːˈmɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pa.lu.daˈmen.tum/, [pälud̪äˈmɛn̪t̪um]

Noun

palūdāmentum n (genitive palūdāmentī); second declension

  1. A military cloak or cape fastened at one shoulder.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative palūdāmentum palūdāmenta
Genitive palūdāmentī palūdāmentōrum
Dative palūdāmentō palūdāmentīs
Accusative palūdāmentum palūdāmenta
Ablative palūdāmentō palūdāmentīs
Vocative palūdāmentum palūdāmenta

Descendants
  • English: paludamentum
  • Italian: paludamento
  • Spanish: paludamento

References
  • “paludamentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “paludamentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • paludamentum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • paludamentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • “paludamentum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “paludamentum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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