LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

lāmentum

lāmentum n (genitive lāmentī)

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

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.