condimentum

Latin

Etymology

From condiō (“to spice, to season”) +‎ -mentum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɔn.diːˈmɛn.tũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kon.diˈmɛn.tum]

Noun

condīmentum n (genitive condīmentī); second declension

1. A spice, seasoning.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	condīmentum	condīmenta
genitive	condīmentī	condīmentōrum
dative	condīmentō	condīmentīs
accusative	condīmentum	condīmenta
ablative	condīmentō	condīmentīs
vocative	condīmentum	condīmenta

Related terms

• condiō
• condītiō
• condītor
• condītus

Descendants

• → Catalan: condiment
• → English: condiment
• → French: condiment
• → Galician: condimento
• → Italian: condimento
• → Portuguese: condimento
• → Romanian: condiment
• → Spanish: condimento

References

• “condimentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “condimentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “condimentum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.