LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

complēmentum

complēmentum n (genitive complēmentī)

Meaning

  1. complement (that which fills up or completes)
  2. completion

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Complementum · Supplementum

Complementum serves, like a keystone, to make anything complete, to crown the whole, whereas supplementum serves to fill up chasms, to supply omissions.

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecomplēmentumcomplēmenta
genitivecomplēmentīcomplēmentōrum
dativecomplēmentōcomplēmentīs
accusativecomplēmentumcomplēmenta
ablativecomplēmentōcomplēmentīs
vocativecomplēmentumcomplēmenta

complēmentum, i, n. compleo,
I. that which fills up or completes, a complement (rare; only fig.): numerorum (inania quaedam verba), * Cic. Or. 69, 230: omnium accusationum, that gives them their full weight, Tac. A. 3, 38: accusationis, Cod. Th. 9, 24, 3.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Latin complēmentum From compleō + -mentum.

Descendants
  • Catalancomplement
  • Catalancompliment
  • Englishcomplement
  • Englishcompliment
  • Frenchcomplément
  • Italiancomplemento
  • Italiancomplimento
  • Portuguesecomplemento
  • Portuguesecomprimento
  • Portuguesecumprimento

Quick answers

What does complēmentum mean in Latin?
complēmentum, a noun, means “complement (that which fills up or completes); completion”.
What is the genitive of complēmentum?
The genitive singular is complēmentī. complēmentum is neuter, second declension.