munimentum

== Latin == === Etymology === From mūniō (“to build a wall around; fortify, protect, defend; shelter”) + -mentum. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [muː.niːˈmɛn.tũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [mu.niˈmɛn.tum] === Noun === mūnīmentum n (genitive mūnīmentī); second declension (military) A defence or defense, fortification, protection; intrenchment; rampart, bulwark; fortress. (figuratively) A shelter, defence, protection; safeguard. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Synonyms ==== (fortress): castellum, pugnāculum (protection): praesidium, tuitiō, munitio, tūtāculum, tūtāmen, tūtāmentum (rampart): prōpugnāculum, vallum ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: muniment === References === “munimentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “munimentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "munimentum", 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) “munimentum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.