segmentum

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sek-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *sékh₁yeti

Proto-Italic *sekaō

Latin secō

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom

Proto-Italic *-mentom

Latin -mentum

Latin sēgmentum

From secō (“to cut”) + -mentum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [seːɡˈmɛn.tũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [seɡˈmɛn.tum]
• The Ancient Greek borrowing σηγμέντον (sēgménton) points to the initial vowel being long.

Noun

sēgmentum n (genitive sēgmentī); second declension

1. cutting; cut; slice; piece

   Synonyms: fragmentum, frustum

2. segment; strip; zone (of the earth)
3. (in the plural) strips of tinsel sewn around the bottom of a dress

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	sēgmentum	sēgmenta
genitive	sēgmentī	sēgmentōrum
dative	sēgmentō	sēgmentīs
accusative	sēgmentum	sēgmenta
ablative	sēgmentō	sēgmentīs
vocative	sēgmentum	sēgmenta

Derived terms

• sēgmentārius
• sēgmentātus

Related terms

• secō
• secta
• sectārius
• sector

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: σηγμέντον (sēgménton)
• → Catalan: segment
• → Crimean Tatar: segment
• → English: segment
• → French: segment
  • → Dutch: segment
    • Afrikaans: segment
    • → Indonesian: segmen
    • → West Frisian: segmint
  • → Romanian: segment
  • → Turkish: segment
• → German: Segment
• → Galician: segmento
• → Italian: segmento
• → Portuguese: segmento
• → Russian: сегмент (segment)
• → Spanish: segmento

References

• “segmentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “segmentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “segmentum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “segmentum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers