oblectamentum

== Latin == === Etymology === From oblectō (“to entertain, delight, amuse”) +‎ -mentum. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɔb.ɫɛk.taːˈmɛn.tũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ob.lek.taˈmɛn.tum] === Noun === oblectāmentum n (genitive oblectāmentī); second declension a source of delight, pleasure, amusement Synonym: (less common) oblectāmen ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). === References === “oblectamentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “oblectamentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “oblectamentum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.