armentum

== Latin == === Alternative forms === armenta (1st declension) === Etymology === A reanalysis of the older feminine singular armenta as a neuter plural, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-mn̥-teh₂, from *h₂er- (“to join”) + *-mn̥ + *-teh₂. Semantic development was "grouping, joining" > "herd". Related to arma. Others (included ancient Romans) refer it to arō (“to plow”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [arˈmɛn.tũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [arˈmɛn.tum] === Noun === armentum n (genitive armentī); second declension a draft animal (a large domestic animal suitable for drawing a plow: an ox, a horse) 1st century, L. Iunius Moderatus Columella, De Res Rustica, Book VI, Preface, Sect. 3: synonym of armenta: such animals taken collectively ==== Usage notes ==== In Latin, armenta are distinguished both from the iumenta used to draw carts and from weaker domestic animals (pecora) unable to pull heavy loads such as milk cows and horses used only as mounts. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Hyponyms ==== bos, equus ==== Derived terms ==== armentālis ==== Descendants ==== Asturian: armentíu Catalan: arment Galician: armentío Istriot: arménta Italian: armento Portuguese: armento === References === === Further reading === “armentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “armentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "armentum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “armentum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. "Pecus; Jumentum; Armentum; Grex" in H.H. Arnold's translation of Ludwig von Döderlein's Hand-Book of Latin Synonymes (1841), pp. 158–9.