documentum
Latin
Alternative forms
- docimentum
Etymology
From the verb doceō (“teach”) + -mentum.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /do.kuˈmen.tum/, [d̪ɔkʊˈmɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /do.kuˈmen.tum/, [d̪okuˈmɛn̪t̪um]
Noun
documentum n (genitive documentī); second declension
- lesson
- instruction
- warning
- Synonyms: exemplum, monitus
- (Medieval Latin) document
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | documentum | documenta |
Genitive | documentī | documentōrum |
Dative | documentō | documentīs |
Accusative | documentum | documenta |
Ablative | documentō | documentīs |
Vocative | documentum | documenta |
Descendants
- → Catalan: document
- → English: document
- → Irish: doiciméad
- → Dutch: document
- Afrikaans: dokument
- → Indonesian: dokumen
- → French: document
- → Romanian: document
- → Turkish: doküman
- → Galician: documento
- → Hungarian: dokumentum
- → Italian: documento
- → Norman: dotchûment
- → Occitan: document
- → Piedmontese: document
- → Portuguese: documento
- → Russian: документ (dokument)
- → Spanish: documento
- → Hiligaynon: dokumento
- → Welsh: dogfen
References
- “documentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “documentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- documentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- this shows, proves..: documento, indicio est (without demonstr. pron. but cui rei documento, indicio est)
- this shows, proves..: documento, indicio est (without demonstr. pron. but cui rei documento, indicio est)
- documentum in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016