LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

fulmentum

fulmentum n (genitive fulmentī)
Classical[fʊɫˈmɛn.tũː]Ecclesiastical[fulˈmɛn.tum]

Meaning

  1. neuterprop, stay, support

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativefulmentumfulmenta
genitivefulmentīfulmentōrum
dativefulmentōfulmentīs
accusativefulmentumfulmenta
ablativefulmentōfulmentīs
vocativefulmentumfulmenta

fulmentum, i. n. contr. from fulcimentum, from fulcio,
I. a prop, support.
I. In gen., Vitr. 5, 1 fin.: porticus fulmentis Aquitanicis superba, i. e. columns, Sid. Ep. 2, 10 in Carm.—
II. In partic., a bedpost: Cels. 2, 15.—Prov.: fulmenta lectum scandunt, the child wants to know more than its grandmother; or, perh., the servant wants to play the master, Varr. ap. Non. 206, 25.

Origins

From fulc- (the root of fulciō) + -mentum, with regular simplification of *-lkm- to -lm-. Doublet of fulcīmentum (“prop, stay, support”), built on the verb's present stem fulcī-.

Quick answers

What does fulmentum mean in Latin?
fulmentum, a noun, means “prop, stay, support”.
What is the genitive of fulmentum?
The genitive singular is fulmentī. fulmentum is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce fulmentum?
In classical Latin, [fʊɫˈmɛn.tũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [fulˈmɛn.tum].