meditamentum

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

mĕdĭtāmentum: i, n. id.,
I a thinking of any thing, a preparation.
I In gen.: belli, Tac. H. 4, 26; id. A. 15, 35: arietum meditamenta, thoughtfully prepared battering-rams, Amm. 23, 4, 10.— *
II In partic.; plur.: puerilia, rudiments taught to children at school, Gell. 8, 10 in lemm.