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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=armentum armenti N N :: herd (of cattle); a head of cattle, individual bull/horse; cattle/horses (pl.)
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>armentum</b>: i, n. (old form [[armenta]], ae, f., Liv. Andron. and Enn. ap. Non. p. 190, 20; Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 4 Müll.) [contr. for arimentum from aro, Varr. L. L. 5, § 96 Müll.; cf. Isid. Orig. 12, 2].<br /><b>I</b> Cattle for [[ploughing]]; and [[collectively]], a [[herd]] ([[but]] jumentum, contr. for jugimentum from jugum, [[draught]]-[[cattle]]; cf. Dig. 50, 16, 89); [[most]] freq. in the plur.: cornifrontes armentae, Liv. Andron. l. c.; Enn. l. c.: At variae crescunt pecudes, [[armenta]] feraeque, Lucr. 5, 228; cf. id. 1, 163: [[grex]] armentorum, Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 7: greges armentorum reliquique pecoris, Cic. Phil. 3, 12 fin.; so Vulg. Deut. 28, 4: ut accensis cornibus [[armenta]] concitentur, Liv. 22, 17: [[armenta]] bucera, Ov. M. 6, 395.—In the sing.: [[armentum]] aegrotat in agris, Hor. Ep. 1, 8, 6: pasci Armentum [[regale]] vides, Ov. M. 2, 842; 8, 882; 11, 348: [[armentum]] [[agens]], Liv. 1, 7: ad [[armentum]] cucurrit, Vulg. Gen. 18, 7; ib. Exod. 29, 1; ib. Ezech. 43, 19 et saep.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Of horses or [[other]] [[large]] animals: [[bellum]] haec [[armenta]] minantur, Verg. A. 3, 540.— In sing.: sortiri armento subolem, Verg. G. 3, 71; Ov. F. 2, 277; Col. 7, 1, 2; Plin. 8, 42, 66, § 165; 11, 49, 110, § 263: hos (cervos) tota [[armenta]] sequuntur, Verg. A. 1, 185: [[armenta]] immania Neptuni, the [[monstrous]] beasts of [[Neptune]], id. G. 4, 395.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> A [[herd]], [[drove]], as a [[collective]] [[designation]]; [[with]] gen.: [[armenta]] boum, Verg. G. 2, 195; so Vulg. Deut. 8, 13; ib. Judith, 2, 8: [[multa]] ibi equorum boumque [[armenta]], Plin. Ep. 2, 17: cynocephalorum, id. ib. 7, 2, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> For a [[single]] [[cow]], ox, etc.: [[centum]] [[armenta]], Hyg. Fab. 118.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>armentum</b>,¹⁰ ī, n.,<br /><b>1</b> troupeau [de gros bétail] : Cic. Att. 7, 7, 7 ; Virg. En. 3, 540 ; Plin. 8, 165 ;<br /><b>2</b> bête de labour : Lucr. 5, 228 ; [[Varro]] R. 2, 5, 7 ; Cic. Phil. 3, 31<br /><b>3</b> troupeau [d’animaux quelconques] : Virg. G. 4, 395 ; En. 1, 185.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; fém. [[armenta]] Enn. Ann. 598 ; Pacuv. 349, cf. P. Fest. 4, 3.
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{{Georges
|georg=armentum, ī, n. (aus *aramentum v. [[aro]]), das in Herden lebende Großvieh, [[bes]]. Ochsen u. Pferde, I) Sing. kollektiv = das Großvieh, die Großvieh-[[Herde]] (Ggstz. [[pecus]], n., das Kleinvieh, u. [[grex]], die [[Herde]] Kleinvieh), in eo saltu [[armentum]] pascere [[solitus]] (v. einem Hirten) Liv. 32, 11, 1: [[pecus]] armentumque, Plin.: tardius [[asellus]] deficit, [[quam]] ullum aliud [[armentum]], Col. – v. Stieren u. Pferden, subolem armento (der [[Herde]]) sortire [[quotannis]], Verg.: [[Pan]] erat armenti [[custos]], Ov.: v. Ochsen (Stieren), Hor. u. Liv.: v. Pferden, in grege armenti, Plin. – dah. [[auch]] im Plur. [[von]] mehreren Herden, [[hic]] [[inter]] greges interque [[armenta]] [[Cupido]] [[natus]], Tibull.: [[multi]] greges ovium, [[multa]] [[ibi]] equorum boumque [[armenta]], Plin. ep.: hos tota [[armenta]] (Rudel) sequuntur a [[tergo]], Verg.: u. übtr., quorum (cynocephalorum) [[armenta]] pascit, Plin. – II) Plur., v. Ochsen, [[grex]] armentorum, Varr.: greges armentorum reliquique pecoris, Cic.: ut accensis cornibus [[armenta]] concitentur, Liv.: v. Pferden, [[bellum]] [[haec]] [[armenta]] minantur, Verg.: übtr., [[armenta]] immania Neptuni, das scheußliche Meervieh, Verg. – meton. = einzelne Stücke [[Rindvieh]], [[centum]] [[armenta]], Hyg. fab. 118. – / Akk. Plur. heteroklit. armentas, Enn. fr. inc. 12 V. Pacuv. tr. 349; vgl. Paul. ex [[Fest]]. 4, 3.
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{{LaZh
|lnztxt=armentum, i. n. :: 馬牛羣。Caedit greges armentorum 殺數羣牛。
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