See also: cæmentum

Latin

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Etymology

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From Proto-Italic *kaidmentom. Equivalent to caedō +‎ -mentum.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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caementum n (genitive caementī); second declension

  1. rough stone from the quarry
  2. chips of marble
  3. cement; mortar

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative caementum caementa
genitive caementī caementōrum
dative caementō caementīs
accusative caementum caementa
ablative caementō caementīs
vocative caementum caementa

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Unsorted borrowings

References

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  • caementum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • caementum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • caementum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • caementum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • caementum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin