excrementum
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ek.skreːˈmen.tum/, [ɛk.skreːˈmɛn.tũ]
Etymology 1
From excernō (“separate; discharge”).
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | excrēmentum | excrēmenta |
| Genitive | excrēmentī | excrēmentōrum |
| Dative | excrēmentō | excrēmentīs |
| Accusative | excrēmentum | excrēmenta |
| Ablative | excrēmentō | excrēmentīs |
| Vocative | excrēmentum | excrēmenta |
Descendants
- Italian: escremento
- Polish: ekskrement
- Romanian: excrement
- Russian: экскременты (ekskrementy)
- Spanish: excremento
Etymology 2
From excrēscō (“grow or rise up or out”).
Noun
excrēmentum n (genitive excrēmentī); second declension
- that which grows out or rises up; an elevation, prominence
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | excrēmentum | excrēmenta |
| Genitive | excrēmentī | excrēmentōrum |
| Dative | excrēmentō | excrēmentīs |
| Accusative | excrēmentum | excrēmenta |
| Ablative | excrēmentō | excrēmentīs |
| Vocative | excrēmentum | excrēmenta |
Related terms
- excrēscō
Descendants
- English: excrement
References
- excrementum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- excrementum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- excrementum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- excrementum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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