Latin

Noun

monumentum n ‎(genitive monumentī); second declension

1. reminder, memorial
2. monument
3. tomb, burial place

Inflection

Second declension.

Descendants

References

• monumentum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• monumentum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• MONUMENTUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “monumentum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • written records; documents: litterae ac monumenta or simply monumenta
    
  • to borrow instances from history: exempla petere, repetere a rerum gestarum memoria or historiarum (annalium, rerum gestarum) monumentis
    
  • to study historical records, read history: evolvere historias, litterarum (veterum annalium) monumenta
    
  • ancient history: veterum annalium monumenta
    
  • to erect a building, a monument: exstruere aedificium, monumentum
    
• monumentum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• monumentum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin