armento

From Latin armentum (“herd of cattle”).

• IPA^(key): /arˈmen.to/
• Rhymes: -ento
• Hyphenation: ar‧mén‧to

armento m (plural armenti)

1. herd, usually of cattle

   Synonyms: mandria, branco

   • c. 1831, Giacomo Leopardi, Il passero solitario:

     Odi greggi belar, muggire armenti; ¶ Gli altri augelli contenti, a gara insieme ¶ Per lo libero ciel fan mille giri, […]

     You hear flocks bleating, herds lowing; the other birds happily, racing each other make a thousand circles in the free sky.

2. (by extension, uncommon) livestock

   Synonym: bestiame

3. (by extension, poetic) school (of fish)

   Synonym: banco

• armento in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• materno, matrone, montare, monterà, normate, ormante, tremano

armentō

1. dative/ablative singular of armentum

From Latin armentum (“herd of cattle”).

• Hyphenation: ar‧men‧to

armento m (plural armentos)

1. (collective) herd