fragmentum

Latin

Etymology

From frangō (“break”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /fraɡˈmen.tum/, [fraɡˈmɛn.tũ]

Noun

fragmentum n (genitive fragmentī); second declension

a piece (broken off), remnant, fragment

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	fragmentum	fragmenta
genitive	fragmentī	fragmentōrum
dative	fragmentō	fragmentīs
accusative	fragmentum	fragmenta
ablative	fragmentō	fragmentīs
vocative	fragmentum	fragmenta

Synonyms

(fragment): fragmen
(piece): frustum, segmentum

Related terms

Descendants

Catalan: fragment
Czech: fragment
Dutch: fragment
English: fragment
French: fragment
Galician: fragmento
German: Fragment

Italian: frammento
Polish: fragment
Portuguese: fragmento
Russian: фрагмент (fragment)
Sicilian: frammentu
Spanish: fragmento
Swedish: fragment

References

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

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