LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

pīgmentum

pīgmentum n (genitive pīgmentī)
Classical[piːɡˈmɛn.tũː]Ecclesiastical[piɡˈmɛn.tum]

Meaning

  1. A material for coloring; color, paint, pigment, dye.
  2. figurativelyOrnament, coloring.

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativepīgmentumpīgmenta
genitivepīgmentīpīgmentōrum
dativepīgmentōpīgmentīs
accusativepīgmentumpīgmenta
ablativepīgmentōpīgmentīs
vocativepīgmentumpīgmenta

pigmentum, i, n. pingo,
I. a material for coloring, a color, paint, pigment.
I. Lit.
A. For painting, a paint: aspersa temere pigmenta in tabulā, oris lineamenta efficere possunt, Cic. Div. 1, 13, 23: vela in cortinam pigmenti ferventis mersa, Plin. 35, 11, 42, § 150.—Jocosely: quem Apelles Zeuxisque duo pingent pigmentis ulmeis, i. e. beat black and blue, Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 20. —
2. For cosmetics, a paint, pigment: non istanc aetatem oportet pigmentum ullum attingere, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 106; Plin. 16, 43, 84, § 233: multiplicasti pigmenta tua, Vulg. Isa. 57, 9.—
B. Transf., the juice of plants (post-class.), Firm. Math. 8, 17; v. Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 9, 46.—
II. Trop., of style, coloring, ornament: meus autem liber totum Isocratis μυροθήκιον atque omnes ejus discipulorum arculas et nonnihil etiam Aristotelia pigmenta consumpsit, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 1: pigmentorum flos et color, id. Brut. 87, 298: sententiae, tam verae, tam sine pigmentis fucoque puerili, id. de Or. 2, 45, 188.

Origins

Equivalent to pingō (“to paint”) + -mentum (suffix denoting the instrument or result of an action), ultimately from the root of Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ-.

Elsewhere
  • Catalanpigment
  • Englishpigment
  • Frenchpigment
  • GermanPigment
  • Italianpigmento
  • Portuguesepigmento
  • Romanianpigment
  • Spanishpigmento
  • Dutchpigment
  • Galicianpigmento
Ibero-Romance
  • Portuguesepimento
  • Portuguesepimenta
  • Spanishpimiento
  • Galicianpimento
  • Galicianpemento
Italo-Romance
  • Italianpimentofrom Old Italian piumento
Northern Gallo-Romance
  • Frenchpimentfrom Old French piment
Gallo-Italic
  • Old Lombardpiumente
Southern Gallo-Romance
  • Old Occitanpiment
  • Old Occitanpimenta

In English words that came into English from pīgmentum

  • pigmentpīgmentum
  • pimentopīgmentum
  • orpimentauripigmentum
  • orpineauripigmentum
  • pimientopīgmentum

Quick answers

What does pīgmentum mean in Latin?
pīgmentum, a noun, means “A material for coloring; color, paint, pigment, dye.; Ornament, coloring.”.
What is the genitive of pīgmentum?
The genitive singular is pīgmentī. pīgmentum is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce pīgmentum?
In classical Latin, [piːɡˈmɛn.tũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [piɡˈmɛn.tum].
Which English words come from pīgmentum?
English words that go back to Latin pīgmentum include pigment, pimento, pimiento, orpiment and orpine.