antepagmentum

== English == === Noun === antepagmentum (plural antepagmenta) (architecture) In ancient architecture, a doorpost, or garnishing in a post or door, wrought in stone or timber, or lintel of a window. Synonym: antepagment == Latin == === Alternative forms === antipagmentum === Etymology === ante- +‎ pangō (“fasten”) +‎ -mentum === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [an.tɛ.paɡˈmɛn.tũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [an.te.paɡˈmɛn.tum] === Noun === antepagmentum n (genitive antepagmentī); second declension The entire chambranle, i.e. the door case, or window frame. (architecture, usually in the plural) In ancient architecture, doorposts, or garnishings in posts or doors, wrought in stone or timber, or lintels of a window. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Quotations ==== ==== Related terms ==== pagmentum pangō === References === “antepagmentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “antepagmentum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Antepagmenta, Cyclopaedia: or, An Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (folio, 2 vols.), Ephraim Chambers. London 1728, p. 106. ANTEPAGMENTA, Ancient Library, p. 98