atramentum
Latin
Etymology
From āter (“black”) + -āmentum.
Noun
ātrāmentum n (genitive ātrāmentī); second declension
- black liquid
- ink
- blacking
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ātrāmentum | ātrāmenta |
| Genitive | ātrāmentī | ātrāmentōrum |
| Dative | ātrāmentō | ātrāmentīs |
| Accusative | ātrāmentum | ātrāmenta |
| Ablative | ātrāmentō | ātrāmentīs |
| Vocative | ātrāmentum | ātrāmenta |
Descendants
- French: atramentaire
- Italian: atramento
- Old French: arrement
- Polish:
- → Old Polish: atrament
- Polish: atrament
- Kashubian: atrameńt, atramãt
- Portuguese: atramento
- Spanish: atramento
References
- “atramentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “atramentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- atramentum 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)
- atramentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “atramentum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “atramentum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin