paramentum
Latin
Etymology
parō (“adorn”) + -mentum
Pronunciation
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pa.raˈmen.tum/, [päräˈmɛn̪t̪um]
Noun
parāmentum n (genitive parāmentī); second declension (Medieval Latin)
- ornament
- 11th century, Frutolf of Michelsberg, “Excerptum de Vita Alexandri Magni”, in Chronica:
- caballus quoque Bucefalus et imperiale paramentum Alexandri tuum sit
- that the horse and imperial ornament of Alexander Bucephalus may also be yours
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- throne, royal state or dignity
- vestment
- (in the plural) liturgical paraphernalia
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | parāmentum | parāmenta |
| Genitive | parāmentī | parāmentōrum |
| Dative | parāmentō | parāmentīs |
| Accusative | parāmentum | parāmenta |
| Ablative | parāmentō | parāmentīs |
| Vocative | parāmentum | parāmenta |
Descendants
- → Dutch: parament
- → German: Parament
- Italian: paramento
- Old French: parement
- French: parement
- → English: parament
References
- paramentum 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)
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “paramentum”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill