documentum

Latin

Alternative forms

• docimentum

Etymology

From the verb doceō (“teach”) +‎ -mentum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /do.kuˈmen.tum/, [d̪ɔkʊˈmɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /do.kuˈmen.tum/, [d̪okuˈmɛn̪t̪um]

Noun

documentum n (genitive documentī); second declension

1. lesson
2. instruction
3. warning

   Synonyms: exemplum, monitus

4. (Medieval Latin) document

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	documentum	documenta
Genitive	documentī	documentōrum
Dative	documentō	documentīs
Accusative	documentum	documenta
Ablative	documentō	documentīs
Vocative	documentum	documenta

Descendants

• → Catalan: document
• → English: document
  • → Irish: doiciméad
• → Dutch: document
  • Afrikaans: dokument
  • → Indonesian: dokumen
• → French: document
  • → Romanian: document
  • → Turkish: doküman
• → Galician: documento
• → Hungarian: dokumentum
• → Italian: documento
• → Norman: dotchûment
• → Occitan: document
• → Polish: dokument (learned)
  • → Kashubian: dokùment
• → Piedmontese: document
• → Portuguese: documento
• → Russian: документ (dokument)
• → Spanish: documento
  • → Hiligaynon: dokumento
• → Welsh: dogfen
• → Yiddish: דאָקומענט (dokument)

References

• “documentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “documentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• documentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • this shows, proves..: documento, indicio est (without demonstr. pron. but cui rei documento, indicio est)
    
• documentum in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016