LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

lāmentum

lāmentum n (genitive lāmentī)
lāmentō sg. dat.; sg. abl.

Meaning

  1. wailing, moaning, weeping, crying, shrieking
  2. lamentation, lament
    Lāmentīs gemitūque et fēmineō ululātū / tēcta fremunt [...].The homes [of Carthage] howl with laments, sorrow, and women’s wailing.29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.667–668

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativelāmentumlāmenta
genitivelāmentīlāmentōrum
dativelāmentōlāmentīs
accusativelāmentumlāmenta
ablativelāmentōlāmentīs
vocativelāmentumlāmenta

lāmentum, i, n. perh. for clamentum, from clamo,
I. a wailing, moaning, weeping, lamentation, lament (class., only in plur.): virum, Lucr. 6, 242 Lachm.: negat se velle mortem suam dolore amicorum et lamentis vacare, Cic. de Sen. 20, 73: se lamentis lacrimisque dedere, id. Tusc. 2, 21, 48: lamentis lacrimisque extinctos prosequi, Liv. 25, 38: lamenta ac lacrimas cito ponunt, Tac. G. 27: in sordibus, lamentis luctuque jacēre, Cis. Pis. 36, 88: lamentis gemituque et femineo ululatu Tecta fremunt, Verg. A. 4, 667: per lamenta ... muliebriter ferre, Tac. Agr. 28.—Transf., of hens, Plin. 10, 55, 76, § 155.—Sing.: assume super Syrum lamentum, Vulg. Ezech. 27, 2; id. Jer. 9, 20 al.

Origins

From Proto-Italic *lāmentom, from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- (expressive root։ to howl, cry, bark). Cognate with lātrō, Ancient Greek λῆρος (lêros), λάλος (lálos), λάσκω (láskō).

Descendants
  • Catalanlament
  • Englishlament
  • Italianlamento
  • Portugueselamento
  • Spanishlamento
  • Galicianlamento
  • Polishlament

In English words that came into English from lāmentum

  • lamentlāmentor
  • lamentationlāmentātiō
  • lamentablelāmentābilis

Quick answers

What does lāmentum mean in Latin?
lāmentum, a noun, means “wailing, moaning, weeping, crying, shrieking; lamentation, lament”.
What is the genitive of lāmentum?
The genitive singular is lāmentī. lāmentum is neuter, second declension.
Which English words come from lāmentum?
English words that go back to Latin lāmentum include lament, lamentation and lamentable.