paramentum
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pa.raˈmen.tum/, [päräˈmɛn̪t̪um]
Noun[edit]
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
- throne, royal state or dignity
- vestment
- (in the plural) liturgical paraphernalia
Declension[edit]
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[edit]
References[edit]
- 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