LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

ōrnāmentum

ōrnāmentum n (genitive ōrnāmentī)
Classical[oːr.naːˈmɛn.tũː]Ecclesiastical[or.naˈmɛn.tum]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. equipment, apparatus, furniture
  2. decoration, ornament, embellishment
    Amicitiam populi Romani sibi ornamento et praesidio, non detrimento esse oportere, atque se hac spe petisse.That the friendship of the Roman people ought to prove to him an ornament and a safeguard, not a detriment; and that he sought it with that expectation.c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico 1.44
  3. adornment, (plural) regalia
  4. jewel, jewelry

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

quod pulchrum facit: gemma, ānulus, margarīta ōrnāmenta sunt.
ōrnāmentum -ī n — in Mille Verba, ch. Vestis et Ōrnāmenta

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeōrnāmentumōrnāmenta
genitiveōrnāmentīōrnāmentōrum
dativeōrnāmentōōrnāmentīs
accusativeōrnāmentumōrnāmenta
ablativeōrnāmentōōrnāmentīs
vocativeōrnāmentumōrnāmenta

ornāmentum, i, n. orno.
I. In gen., apparatus, accoutrement, equipment, furniture, trappings, etc. (class.): sine ornamentis, i. e. naked, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 109: ceterae copiae, ornamenta, praesidia, Cic. Cat. 2, 11, 24; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 32, § 83: ornamenta bubus, ornamenta asinis instrata tria (collar, saddle, etc.), Cato, R. R. 11, 4: per ornamenta percussus, i. e. arms, Sen. Ep. 14, 14.—Esp of a player's wardrobe, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 16 sq.; id. Pers. 1, 3, 19; Plin. 2, 3, 4, § 8, as translation of κόσμος.—
II. In partic., an ornamental equipment, ornament, mark of honor, decoration, embellishment, jewel, trinket.
A. Lit.: pecuniam, omniaque ornamenta ex fano Herculis in oppidum contulit, jewels, Caes. B. C. 2, 18; so Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 90; Ter. Heaut. 4, 7, 9: quae (urbs) praesidio et ornamento est civitati, Caes. B. G. 7, 15: ipse ornamenta a chorago haec sumpsit, i. e. a dress, costume, attire, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 16: AB ORNAMEN TIS, one who has charge of the imperial ornaments, Inscr. Grut. 578, 9: ornamenta triumphalia, consularia, etc., the insignia of triumphing generals, consuls, etc. (The emperors distributed, honoris causā, such ornaments to men who had distinguished themselves): pluribus triumphalia ornamenta decernenda curavit, Suet. Aug. 38: decem praetoriis viris consularia ornamenta tribuit, id. Caes. 76: ornamenta uxoria, title, rank, id. Ner. 35.—
B. Trop., an ornament, a distinction: decus atque ornamentum senectutis, Cic. de Or. 1, 45, 199: Q. Hortensius, lumen atque ornamentum rei publicae, ornament, pride, id. Mil. 14, 37: vir optimus, et inter praecipua saeculi ornamenta numerandus, Plin. Ep. 8, 12, 1: ornamentis afficere aliquem, Cic. Balb. 19, 43: quaecumque a me ornamenta ad te proficiscentur, id. Fam. 2, 19, 2: honoris, id. Cat. 3, 11, 26: ornamenta atque insignia honoris, id. Sull. 31, 88.—
2. Esp., rhetorical ornament: oratoria ornamenta dicendi, Cic. Brut. 75, 261; 37, 140: so, dicendi, id. de Or. 2, 28, 22: sententiarum, id. Brut. 37, 140.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Latin ōrnāmentum From ōrnō + -mentum.

Descendants
  • Catalanornament
  • Italianornamento
  • Portugueseornamento
  • Romanianornament
  • Spanishornamento
  • Galicianornamento
  • Old Frenchornement
  • Russianорнамент
  • Swedishornament

In English words that came into English from ōrnāmentum

  • ornamentōrnāmentum

Quick answers

What does ōrnāmentum mean in Latin?
ōrnāmentum, a noun, means “equipment, apparatus, furniture; decoration, ornament, embellishment; adornment, (plural) regalia”.
What is the genitive of ōrnāmentum?
The genitive singular is ōrnāmentī. ōrnāmentum is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce ōrnāmentum?
In classical Latin, [oːr.naːˈmɛn.tũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [or.naˈmɛn.tum].