scitamenta
Latin
FWOTD – 18 January 2014
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /skiː.taːˈmen.ta/, [s̠kiːt̪äːˈmɛn̪t̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ʃi.taˈmen.ta/, [ʃit̪äˈmɛn̪t̪ä]
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.
| Case | Plural |
|---|---|
| Nominative | scītāmenta |
| Genitive | scītāmentōrum |
| Dative | scītāmentīs |
| Accusative | scītāmenta |
| Ablative | scītāmentīs |
| Vocative | scītāmenta |
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.
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