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-mentum
-mentum
See also: mentum
English
Suffix
-mentum
- (politics) Used in compounds with a candidate's name to indicate that their campaign is gaining momentum.
- Trumpmentum, Berniementum, Marcomentum
Latin
Etymology
Derived from the Latin suffix -menta in collective nouns like armenta (“herd, flock”). Latin -menta from Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥teh₂ (*-mn̥ + *-teh₂).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmen.tum/, [ˈmɛn.tũ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmen.tum/
Suffix
-mentum (plural -menta)
- instrument, medium, or result of; e.g. monumentum
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | -mentum | -menta |
| genitive | -mentī | -mentōrum |
| dative | -mentō | -mentīs |
| accusative | -mentum | -menta |
| ablative | -mentō | -mentīs |
| vocative | -mentum | -menta |
Descendants
See also
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Latin_words_suffixed_with_-mentum'>Latin words suffixed with -mentum</a>
References
- ↑ Jean Haudry, L'indo-européen
- http://etimologias.dechile.net/latin/?Sufijos
- Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Grecque by Pierre Chantraine. Paris, 1968.