samentum

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂k- (to sanctify, to make a treaty).[1] Compare Latin sanciō and sacer.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

sāmentum n (genitive sāmentī); second declension

  1. A kind of cap made of hide used by the flamen

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sāmentum sāmenta
Genitive sāmentī sāmentōrum
Dative sāmentō sāmentīs
Accusative sāmentum sāmenta
Ablative sāmentō sāmentīs
Vocative sāmentum sāmenta

References[edit]

  • samentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “samentum”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 474