noun · neutersecond declension
ēiectāmenta
ēiectāmenta n pl (genitive ēiectāmentōrum)
Classical[eː.jɛk.taːˈmɛn.ta]Ecclesiastical[e.jek.taˈmɛn.ta]
Meaning
- refuse, waste
2015, Pope Franciscus, “Laudato si’. http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/la/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20150524_enciclica-laudato-si.html, Litterae Encyclicae, Vatican
Six hundred tons of waste are produced every year, much of which is not biodegradable: residential and commercial waste, remains of destruction, medical, electronic, or industrial waste, utterly poisonous and radioactive waste.
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | — | ēiectāmenta |
| genitive | — | ēiectāmentōrum |
| dative | — | ēiectāmentīs |
| accusative | — | ēiectāmenta |
| ablative | — | ēiectāmentīs |
| vocative | — | ēiectāmenta |
Origins
Plural of ēiectāmentum, from ēiectō (“cast out, throw out”) + -mentum. Compare typologically Russian отбро́сы (otbrósy) (plural of отбро́с (otbrós), < отбро́сить (otbrósitʹ) < бро́сить (brósitʹ)), also compare на вы́брос (na výbros).