LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

ātrāmentum

ātrāmentum n (genitive ātrāmentī)

Meaning

  1. black liquid
  2. ink
    Near-synonym: encaustum
  3. blacking

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeātrāmentumātrāmenta
genitiveātrāmentīātrāmentōrum
dativeātrāmentōātrāmentīs
accusativeātrāmentumātrāmenta
ablativeātrāmentōātrāmentīs
vocativeātrāmentumātrāmenta

ātrāmentum, i, n. ater,
I. any black liquid: sepiae, Cic. N D. 2, 50, 127.
I. Writing-ink, ink; in Vitr. 7, 10, and Plin. 27, 7, 28, § 52, called atramentum librarium: calamo et atramento temperato, Cic. ad Q. Fr. 2, 15, 6: per atramentum et calamum scribere, Vulg. 3 Joan. 13; Petr. 102, 13; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 236; Vulg. Jer. 36, 18; ib. 2 Joan. 12.—
II. A black pigment or color, Vitr. 7, 10; 7, 4; Plin. 35, 6, 25, § 41; also a fine, dark varnish, lacquer, id. 35, 10, 36, § 97: Indicum, India or China ink, id. 35, 6, 25, § 43.—
III. A blacking for coloring leather: atramentum sutorium, Plin. 34, 12, 32, § 123; Cic. Fam. 9, 21 fin.—
IV. In comic language: Sc. Unā operā ebur atramento candefacere postulas. Phil. Lepide dictum de atramento atque ebore, i. e. you require something impossible, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 102.

Origins

From āter (“black”) + -āmentum.

Descendants
  • Frenchatramentaire
  • Italianatramento
  • Portugueseatramento
  • Spanishatramento
  • Englishatrament
  • Old Frencharrement
  • Polishatramentfrom Old Polish atrament
  • Polishatraméntfrom Old Polish atrament
  • Polishatramyntfrom Old Polish atrament
  • Polishjatramyntfrom Old Polish atrament

In English words that came into English from ātrāmentum

  • atramentousātrāmentōsus
  • atramentātrāmentum

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesAtramentumAtramentum (μέλαν), a term applicable to any black liquid (for instance; that emitted by the cuttle-fish, Cic. N. D. 2.5. 0, 127), but specially to th…

Quick answers

What does ātrāmentum mean in Latin?
ātrāmentum, a noun, means “black liquid; ink; blacking”.
What is the genitive of ātrāmentum?
The genitive singular is ātrāmentī. ātrāmentum is neuter, second declension.