-amentum

== Latin == === Etymology === Rebracketing of -mentum and a preceding stem-final -ā-. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aːˈmɛn.tũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈmɛn.tum] === Suffix === -āmentum n (genitive -āmentī); second declension instrument, medium, or result of ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Derived terms ==== === References === The Semantics of -mentum, -bulum, and -culum, by Edmund D. Cressman. January 1, 1915.