caementa
Dictionary entries
- Entry →caemento, caementare, caementavi, caementatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Stelten (Ecclesiastical Latin)
- Age:
- Later
- Field:
- Technical
cement, fasten with mortar;
sg. pres. act. imp. 2nd - Entry →caementa, caementae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Inscription
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
small stones, rubble (for concrete); quarry stones (for walls) (L+S); chips;
abl. sg.nom. sg.voc. sg. - Entry →caementum, caementi:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
small stones, rubble (for concrete); quarry stones (for walls) (L+S); chips;; cement; mortar;
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Liber XXXVI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...tigna modo et tabulas sed laterem quoque et caementa et saxa uariae magnitudinis praebebant. Et Romani quidem operibus..."Liber XXI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...murum mittit; nec erat difficile opus, quod caementa non calce durata erant sed interlita luto, structurae antiquae genere..."
