iumentum

== Latin == === Alternative forms === iouxmentom (Old Latin) jūmentum (alt. spelling) === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *jouksməntom, a back-formation from the plural *jouksmənta, from *jungō (“to yoke, join”) + *-mənta (suffix forming collective nouns). These elements correspond to Classical Latin iungō and -menta. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [juːˈmɛn.tũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [juˈmɛn.tum] === Noun === iūmentum n (genitive iūmentī); second declension (zoology) A draft animal, a beast of burden, a large domestic animal suitable for drawing carts and carriages: a cow, horse, mule, or donkey. Synonym: veterīnum Hyponyms: asinus, bōs, equus, mūlus 1st century, L. Iunius Moderatus Columella, De Res Rustica, Book VI, Preface, Sect. 3: (zoology) synonym of iūmenta: such animals taken collectively. (vehicles) A vehicle drawn by such animals: a wagon, a carriage, a cart. Synonyms: carrus, plaustrum (Late Latin) mare, female horse (Lex Salica) ==== Usage notes ==== In Latin, iūmenta are distinguished both from the armenta used to draw ploughs and from weaker domestic animals (pecora) unable to pull heavy loads such as riding horses and donkeys used only as pack animals. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Derived terms ==== iūmentārius ==== Descendants ==== === References === “iumentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "iumentum", 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) "Pecus; Jumentum; Armentum; Grex" in H.H. Arnold's translation of Ludwig von Döderlein's Hand-Book of Latin Synonymes (1841), pp. 158–9.