LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

oblectāmentum

oblectāmentum n (genitive oblectāmentī)
Classical[ɔb.ɫɛk.taːˈmɛn.tũː]Ecclesiastical[ob.lek.taˈmɛn.tum]

Meaning

  1. a source of delight, pleasure, amusement
    Possum persequī permulta oblectāmenta rērum rūsticārum; sed haec ipsa, quae dīxī, sentiō fuisse longiōra.I could go on to list the very many delights of country life; but even these [few points] I have already made, I feel, have gone on for too long.106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Cato Maior de Senectute 16.55

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeoblectāmentumoblectāmenta
genitiveoblectāmentīoblectāmentōrum
dativeoblectāmentōoblectāmentīs
accusativeoblectāmentumoblectāmenta
ablativeoblectāmentōoblectāmentīs
vocativeoblectāmentumoblectāmenta

ob-lectāmentum, i, n. id.,
I. a delight, pleasure, amusement (class.; cf.: voluptas, deliciae); with gen. obj.: requies oblectamentumque senectutis, Cic. Sen. 15, 52: oblectamenta puerorum, id. Par. 5, 2, 38: oblectamenta et solatia servitutis, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 60, § 134: gulae, Plin. 21, 11, 39, § 68.—With gen. subj.: rerum rusticarum, Cic. Sen. 16, 55.—Absol.: erat ei in oblectamentis draco serpens, Suet. Tib. 72.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Latin oblectāmentum From oblectō (“to entertain, delight, amuse”) + -mentum.

Quick answers

What does oblectāmentum mean in Latin?
oblectāmentum, a noun, means “a source of delight, pleasure, amusement”.
What is the genitive of oblectāmentum?
The genitive singular is oblectāmentī. oblectāmentum is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce oblectāmentum?
In classical Latin, [ɔb.ɫɛk.taːˈmɛn.tũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ob.lek.taˈmɛn.tum].