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pigmentum

pigmentum

Latin

Noun

pigmentum n ‎(genitive pigmentī); second declension

A material for coloring; color, paint, pigment, dye.
(figuratively, of style) Ornament, coloring.

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	pigmentum	pigmenta
genitive	pigmentī	pigmentōrum
dative	pigmentō	pigmentīs
accusative	pigmentum	pigmenta
ablative	pigmentō	pigmentīs
vocative	pigmentum	pigmenta

Derived terms

Derived terms

pigmentātus
pigmentōsus

Related terms

pictilis
pictor
pictōrius

Descendants

Catalan: pigment
Dutch: pigment
English: pigment, pimiento
French: pigment, piment
Galician: pemento

Italian: pigmento, pimento
Portuguese: pigmento, pimenta
Romanian: pigment
Russian: пигмент ‎(pigment)
Spanish: pigmento, pimiento

References

pigmentum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
pigmentum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
PIGMENTUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “pigmentum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.