Meaning of iūmentum | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A draft animal, a beast of burden, a large domestic animal suitable for drawing carts and carriages: a cow, horse, mule, or donkey.
   declension-2
2. synonym of iūmenta: such animals taken collectively.
   declension-2
3. A vehicle drawn by such animals: a wagon, a carriage, a cart.
   declension-2
4. mare, female horse (Lex Salica)
   Late-Latin, declension-2

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Examples

“1st century, L. Iunius Moderatus Columella, De Res Rustica, Book VI, Preface, Sect. 3”

And so it is that iumenta and armenta draw their names from the fact that they aid our work either by bringing up burdens or by plowing.

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