instrumentum
Latin
Etymology
From īnstruō (“build, construct; arrange”) + -mentum.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /in.struːˈmen.tum/, [ĩːs̠t̪ruːˈmɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /in.struˈmen.tum/, [inst̪ruˈmɛn̪t̪um]
Noun
īnstrūmentum n (genitive īnstrūmentī); second declension
- An instrument, tool, utensil
- (collective) supply, provision
- (general) paraphernalia, equipment
- records, documents
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | īnstrūmentum | īnstrūmenta |
| Genitive | īnstrūmentī | īnstrūmentōrum |
| Dative | īnstrūmentō | īnstrūmentīs |
| Accusative | īnstrūmentum | īnstrūmenta |
| Ablative | īnstrūmentō | īnstrūmentīs |
| Vocative | īnstrūmentum | īnstrūmenta |
Related terms
- īnstructē
- īnstructiō
- īnstructor
- īnstructūra
- īnstrūctus
- īnstruō
Descendants
- Catalan: instrument
- Old French: instrument
- → Middle English: instrument
- English: instrument
- French: instrument
- → Middle English: instrument
- Galician: estormento, instrumento (borrowing)
- Italian: strumento
- Occitan: instrument
- Piedmontese: strument
- Portuguese: instrumento
- → Russian: инструмент (instrument)
- Sicilian: strummentu
- Spanish: instrumento (see there for further descendants)
References
- “instrumentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “instrumentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- instrumentum 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)
- instrumentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- instrumentum in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016