segmentum

From secō (“to cut”) + -mentum.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [seːɡˈmɛn.tũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [seɡˈmɛn.tum]
• The Ancient Greek borrowing σηγμέντον (sēgménton) points to the initial vowel being long.

sēgmentum n (genitive sēgmentī); second declension

1. cutting; cut; slice; piece

   Synonyms: fragmentum, frustum

2. segment; strip; zone (of the earth)
3. (in the plural) strips of tinsel sewn around the bottom of a dress

Second-declension noun (neuter).

• “segmentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “segmentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “segmentum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “segmentum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers