nutrimentum

Latin

Etymology

From nūtriō +‎ -mentum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /nuː.triːˈmen.tum/, [nuːt̪riːˈmɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /nu.triˈmen.tum/, [nut̪riˈmɛn̪t̪um]

Noun

nūtrīmentum n (genitive nūtrīmentī); second declension

1. nourishment, nutriment, sustenance

   Synonyms: vīctus, pābulum, alimentum

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	nūtrīmentum	nūtrīmenta
Genitive	nūtrīmentī	nūtrīmentōrum
Dative	nūtrīmentō	nūtrīmentīs
Accusative	nūtrīmentum	nūtrīmenta
Ablative	nūtrīmentō	nūtrīmentīs
Vocative	nūtrīmentum	nūtrīmenta

Descendants

• → French: nutriment (learned)
• → Italian: nutrimento (learned)
• → Middle English: nutriment (learned)
  • English: nutriment
• → Piedmontese: nutriment (learned)

Further reading

• “nutrimentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “nutrimentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• nutrimentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.