munimentum
Latin
Etymology
From mūniō (“build a wall around; fortify, protect, defend; shelter”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /muː.niːˈmen.tum/, [muː.niːˈmɛn.tũ]
Noun
mūnīmentum n (genitive mūnīmentī); second declension
- (military) A defence or defense, fortification, protection; intrenchment; rampart, bulwark; fortress.
- (figuratively) A shelter, defence, protection; safeguard.
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | mūnīmentum | mūnīmenta |
| Genitive | mūnīmentī | mūnīmentōrum |
| Dative | mūnīmentō | mūnīmentīs |
| Accusative | mūnīmentum | mūnīmenta |
| Ablative | mūnīmentō | mūnīmentīs |
| Vocative | mūnīmentum | mūnīmenta |
Synonyms
- (fortress): castellum, pugnāculum
- (protection): praesidium, tuitiō, tūtāculum, tūtāmen, tūtāmentum
- (rampart): prōpugnāculum, vallum
Related terms
Descendants
- English: muniment
References
- munimentum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- munimentum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- munimentum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- munimentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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