fragmentum

Latin

Etymology

From frangō (“I break”) +‎ -mentum.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [fraɡˈmɛn.tũː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [fraɡˈmɛn̪.t̪um]

Noun

fragmentum n (genitive fragmentī); second declension

a piece (broken off), remnant, fragment

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	fragmentum	fragmenta
genitive	fragmentī	fragmentōrum
dative	fragmentō	fragmentīs
accusative	fragmentum	fragmenta
ablative	fragmentō	fragmentīs
vocative	fragmentum	fragmenta

Synonyms

(fragment): fragmen
(piece): frustum, segmentum

Related terms

Descendants

→ Catalan: fragment (learned)
→ Czech: fragment (learned)
→ Dutch: fragment (learned)
- → Indonesian: fragmen
→ Middle English: fragment (learned)
- English: fragment
→ French: fragment (learned)
- → Romanian: fragment
- → Turkish: fragman
→ Galician: fragmento (learned)
→ German: Fragment (learned)
Italian: frammento
→ Polish: fragment (learned)
→ Portuguese: fragmento (learned)
→ Russian: фрагмент (fragment) (learned)
Sicilian: frammentu
→ Spanish: fragmento (learned)
→ Swedish: fragment (learned)

Further reading

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