tutamentum
Latin
Etymology
From tūtor (“watch, guard, defend”) + -mentum.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [tuː.taːˈmɛn.tũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [t̪u.t̪aˈmɛn̪.t̪um]
Noun
tūtāmentum n (genitive tūtāmentī); second declension
- A means of protection; protection, defence or defense.
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | tūtāmentum | tūtāmenta |
| genitive | tūtāmentī | tūtāmentōrum |
| dative | tūtāmentō | tūtāmentīs |
| accusative | tūtāmentum | tūtāmenta |
| ablative | tūtāmentō | tūtāmentīs |
| vocative | tūtāmentum | tūtāmenta |
Synonyms
- (protection): mūnīmentum, praesidium, tuitiō, tūtāculum, tūtāmen
Related terms
References
- “tutamentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “tutamentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "tutamentum", 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)
- tutamentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.