segmen

Latin

Etymology

From secō (“I cut”) +‎ -men (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈseɡ.men/, [ˈs̠ɛɡmɛn]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈseɡ.men/, [ˈsɛɡmen]

Noun

segmen n (genitive segminis); third declension

shred (piece cut off)

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	segmen	segmina
Genitive	segminis	segminum
Dative	segminī	segminibus
Accusative	segmen	segmina
Ablative	segmine	segminibus
Vocative	segmen	segmina

References

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

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