noun · neutersecond declension
dehonestāmentum
dehonestāmentum n (genitive dehonestāmentī)
Classical[de.(ɦ)ɔ.nɛs.taːˈmɛn.tũː]Ecclesiastical[de.o.nes.taˈmɛn.tum]
Meaning
- disfigurement, a blemish, disgrace, dishonor
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dehonestāmentum | dehonestāmenta |
| genitive | dehonestāmentī | dehonestāmentōrum |
| dative | dehonestāmentō | dehonestāmentīs |
| accusative | dehonestāmentum | dehonestāmenta |
| ablative | dehonestāmentō | dehonestāmentīs |
| vocative | dehonestāmentum | dehonestāmenta |
dĕhŏnestāmentum, i, n. dehonesto,
I. that which disfigures or dishonors; a blemish, deformity, disgrace, dishonor (excepting once in Sallust, only post-Aug. for dedecus, ignominia).
(a). With gen.: corporis, Sall. Hist. Fragm. ap. Gell. 2, 27, 2; cf.
oris, Tac. H. 4, 13: originis, Just. 28, 2: amicitiarum (sc. scurrae, histriones, etc.), Tac. H. 2, 87: vitiorum, Arn. 2, 16.— (b). Without gen.: ignominiae et cetera dehonestamenta, Sen. Const. sap. 19 fin.; Tac. A. 14, 21; 12, 14.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
dehonestāmentum ī, n
dehonesto, that which disfigures, a blemish, disgrace, dishonor : oris, Ta.: nullum insigne, Ta.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Latin dehonestāmentum From dehonestō (“to disgrace, dishonor”) + -mentum.