LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

calceāmentum

calceāmentum n (genitive calceāmentī)

Meaning

  1. shoe, sandal

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecalceāmentumcalceāmenta
genitivecalceāmentīcalceāmentōrum
dativecalceāmentōcalceāmentīs
accusativecalceāmentumcalceāmenta
ablativecalceāmentōcalceāmentīs
vocativecalceāmentumcalceāmenta

calcĕāmentum (calcĭām-), i, n. calceo,
I. a covering for the foot, a shoe (v. also the class. co - ordinate forms calceamen and calceatus), Cic. Tusc. 5, 32, 90; Cels. 8, 22; Suet. Aug. 73; Col. 12, 3, 1: induere, Plin. 28, 4, 7, § 38: inferre, id. 36, 17, 27, § 131; 9, 17, 30, § 65; Dig. 34, 2, 25, § 4.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus Latin calceus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin calceō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Latin calceāmentum From calceō + -mentum.

Descendants
  • Catalancalçament
  • Frenchchaussement
  • Italiancalzamento
  • Portuguesecalçamento
  • Romanianîncălțăminte
  • Spanishcalzamiento

Quick answers

What does calceāmentum mean in Latin?
calceāmentum, a noun, means “shoe, sandal”.
What is the genitive of calceāmentum?
The genitive singular is calceāmentī. calceāmentum is neuter, second declension.