Latin

Noun

ornāmentum n ‎(genitive ornāmenti); second declension

1. equipment, apparatus, furniture
2. decoration, ornament, embellishment
   • 100 BCE – 44 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.44

     Amicitiam populi Romani sibi ornamento et praesidio, non detrimento esse oportere, atque se hac spe petisse.

     That the friendship of the Roman people ought to prove to him an ornament and a safeguard, not a detriment; and that he sought it with that expectation.

3. adornment, (plural) regalia
4. jewel

Inflection

Second declension.

Descendants

• English: ornament
• French: ornement
• Irish: oirnimint
• Italian: ornamento
• Russian: орнамент ‎(ornament)
• Spanish: ornamento

References

• ornamentum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ornamentum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “ornamentum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.