praesegmen

Latin

Etymology

From praesecō (“I cut off”) +‎ -men (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /prae̯ˈseɡ.men/, [präe̯ˈs̠ɛɡmɛn]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /preˈseɡ.men/, [preˈs̬ɛɡmen]

Noun

praesegmen n (genitive praesegminis); third declension

a piece cut off, a paring

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	praesegmen	praesegmina
Genitive	praesegminis	praesegminum
Dative	praesegminī	praesegminibus
Accusative	praesegmen	praesegmina
Ablative	praesegmine	praesegminibus
Vocative	praesegmen	praesegmina

References

“praesegmen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
praesegmen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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