explementum

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs

Proto-Italic *eks

Latin ex

Latin ex-

Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-

Proto-Italic *plēō

Latin pleō

Latin expleō

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom

Proto-Italic *-mentom

Latin -mentum

Latin explēmentum

From expleō + -mentum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɛk.spɫeːˈmɛn.tũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ek.spleˈmɛn.tum]

Noun

explēmentum n (genitive explēmentī); second declension

1. that which fills up.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	explēmentum	explēmenta
genitive	explēmentī	explēmentōrum
dative	explēmentō	explēmentīs
accusative	explēmentum	explēmenta
ablative	explēmentō	explēmentīs
vocative	explēmentum	explēmenta

References

• “explementum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “explementum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.