sedimentum

Latin

Etymology

From sedeō (“I sit”) +‎ -mentum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /se.diˈmen.tum/, [s̠ɛd̪ɪˈmɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /se.diˈmen.tum/, [sed̪iˈmɛn̪t̪um]

Noun

sedimentum n (genitive sedimentī); second declension

1. A settling, sinking down, subsidence

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sedimentum	sedimenta
Genitive	sedimentī	sedimentōrum
Dative	sedimentō	sedimentīs
Accusative	sedimentum	sedimenta
Ablative	sedimentō	sedimentīs
Vocative	sedimentum	sedimenta

Descendants

• Catalan: sediment
• → English: sediment
• → Finnish: sedimentti
• French: sédiment
• Galician: sedimento
• → German: Sediment
• Italian: sedimento
• Portuguese: sedimento
• Romanian: sediment
• Spanish: sedimento

References

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