LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

ligāmentum

ligāmentum n (genitive ligāmentī)
Classical[lɪ.ɡaːˈmɛn.tũː]Ecclesiastical[li.ɡaˈmɛn.tum]

Meaning

  1. bandage
  2. ligament

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeligāmentumligāmenta
genitiveligāmentīligāmentōrum
dativeligāmentōligāmentīs
accusativeligāmentumligāmenta
ablativeligāmentōligāmentīs
vocativeligāmentumligāmenta

lĭgāmentum, i, n. id.,
I. a band, tie, bandage (post - Aug.): aurium ligamenta, Quint. 11, 3, 144: vulneribus ligamenta parare, Tac. A. 15, 54.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *leyǵ-der. Latin ligō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Latin ligāmentum From ligō (“tie, bind”) + -mentum.

Descendants
  • Catalanlligament
  • Englishligament
  • Frenchligament
  • Frenchliement
  • Italianlegamento
  • Portugueseligamento
  • Romanianlegământ
  • Spanishligamento
  • Aromanianligãmintu
  • Friulianleament

In English words that came into English from ligāmentum

  • ligamentligāmentum

Quick answers

What does ligāmentum mean in Latin?
ligāmentum, a noun, means “bandage; ligament”.
What is the genitive of ligāmentum?
The genitive singular is ligāmentī. ligāmentum is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce ligāmentum?
In classical Latin, [lɪ.ɡaːˈmɛn.tũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [li.ɡaˈmɛn.tum].