mōmentum
From *movimentum (compare later Medieval Latin movimentum), from Proto-Italic *mowementom. Equivalent to moveō (“move, set in motion; excite”) + -mentum (“suffix used to forming nouns from verbs”).
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [moːˈmɛn.tũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [moˈmɛn.tum]
mōmentum n (genitive mōmentī); second declension
- movement, motion, impulse; course
- change, revolution, movement, disturbance
- particle, part, point
- (of time) brief space, moment (in time), short time
- Synonyms: vestīgium, pūnctum
- cause, circumstance
- weight, influence, importance
- Synonyms: importantia, gravitās, pondus, opportūnitās
- mōmentum facere/habere ― to have importance, to exercise influence
- maximē mōmentī ― most important
- (New Latin, physics) momentum, quantity of motion [from 18th c.]
- (New Latin, physics, mechanics) moment (product of a distance and physical quantity) [from 15th c.]
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mōmentum | mōmenta |
| genitive | mōmentī | mōmentōrum |
| dative | mōmentō | mōmentīs |
| accusative | mōmentum | mōmenta |
| ablative | mōmentō | mōmentīs |
| vocative | mōmentum | mōmenta |