pigmentum

== Latin == === Etymology === Equivalent to pingō (“to paint”) +‎ -mentum (suffix denoting the instrument or result of an action), ultimately from the root of Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ-. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [piːɡˈmɛn.tũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [piɡˈmɛn.tum] The spelling ⟨PꟾGMENT-⟩ with long i is attested inscriptionally. === Noun === pīgmentum n (genitive pīgmentī); second declension A material for coloring; color, paint, pigment, dye. (figuratively, of style) Ornament, coloring. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “pigmentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “pigmentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "pigmentum", 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) “pigmentum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “pigmĕntum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 8: Patavia–Pix, page 445