LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

pūrgāmentum

pūrgāmentum n (genitive pūrgāmentī)

Meaning

  1. sweepings, offscourings, filth, dirt

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativepūrgāmentumpūrgāmenta
genitivepūrgāmentīpūrgāmentōrum
dativepūrgāmentōpūrgāmentīs
accusativepūrgāmentumpūrgāmenta
ablativepūrgāmentōpūrgāmentīs
vocativepūrgāmentumpūrgāmenta

purgāmentum, i, n. id..
I. What is swept or washed off, sweepings, offscourings, filth, dirt: cloacam maximam, receptaculum omnium purgamentorum urbis, Liv. 1, 56: hortorum, Tac. A. 11, 32: cenae in pavimento, Plin. 36, 25, 60, § 184: ceparum, id. 20, 5, 20, § 41: oris, Sen. Const. 2 fin.: sanguinis, Plin. 11, 37, 74, § 192.—As a term of reproach, refuse, dregs, filth, offscouring, outcast, Petr. 74; Curt. 6, 11, 2; 10, 2, 7: purgamenta pro frugibus creat humus palustris, weeds, Sen. Ep. 73, 16.—
B. Transf., washings, that which is washed up: purgamenta freti aestuantis, i.e. pearls, Col. 8, 9, 19: tanquam purgamenta hujus mundi, Vulg. 1 Cor. 4, 13.—
II. A means of purgation, purification, or expiation, an expiatory sacrifice, Petr. 134, 1.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*péh₂wr̥
  2. Proto-Italic*pūr?
  3. Latinpūrgāmentum

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ōder. Latin -igō Latin pūrgō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Latin pūrgāmentum From pūrgō (“to clean; to purge”) + -mentum.

Quick answers

What does pūrgāmentum mean in Latin?
pūrgāmentum, a noun, means “sweepings, offscourings, filth, dirt”.
What is the genitive of pūrgāmentum?
The genitive singular is pūrgāmentī. pūrgāmentum is neuter, second declension.
Where does pūrgāmentum come from?
Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ → Proto-Italic *pūr? → Latin pūrgāmentum.