LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

parāmentum

parāmentum n (genitive parāmentī)
Ecclesiastical[pa.raˈmɛn.tum]

Meaning

  1. Medieval Latinornament
    caballus quoque Bucefalus et imperiale paramentum Alexandri tuum sitthat the horse and imperial ornament of Alexander Bucephalus may also be yours11th century, Frutolf of Michelsberg, “Excerptum de Vita Alexandri Magni”, in Chronica:
  2. Medieval Latinthrone, royal state or dignity
  3. Medieval Latinvestment
  4. Medieval Latinin pluralliturgical paraphernalia

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeparāmentumparāmenta
genitiveparāmentīparāmentōrum
dativeparāmentōparāmentīs
accusativeparāmentumparāmenta
ablativeparāmentōparāmentīs
vocativeparāmentumparāmenta

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*perh₃-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pr̥h₃o-
  3. Latinparāmentum

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin parō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Latin parāmentum From parō (“to adorn”) + -mentum.

Descendants
  • Catalanparament
  • GermanParament
  • Italianparamento
  • Frenchparementfrom Old French parement
  • Englishparamentfrom Old French parement
  • Portugueseparamento
  • Spanishparamento
  • Dutchparament

In English words that came into English from parāmentum

  • paramentparāmentum

Quick answers

What does parāmentum mean in Latin?
parāmentum, a noun, means “ornament; throne, royal state or dignity; vestment”.
What is the genitive of parāmentum?
The genitive singular is parāmentī. parāmentum is neuter, second declension.
Where does parāmentum come from?
Proto-Indo-European *perh₃- → Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h₃o- → Latin parāmentum.