munimentum

Latin

Etymology

From mūniō (“to build a wall around; fortify, protect, defend; shelter”) +‎ -mentum.

Pronunciation

Noun

mūnīmentum n (genitive mūnīmentī); second declension

  1. (military) A defence or defense, fortification, protection; intrenchment; rampart, bulwark; fortress.
  2. (figuratively) A shelter, defence, protection; safeguard.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative mūnīmentum mūnīmenta
Genitive mūnīmentī mūnīmentōrum
Dative mūnīmentō mūnīmentīs
Accusative mūnīmentum mūnīmenta
Ablative mūnīmentō mūnīmentīs
Vocative mūnīmentum mūnīmenta

Synonyms
Related terms

Descendants
  • English: muniment

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