The corpus record — Latin

ferramentum

ferramentum · n

an implement

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Where it lives

Divus Titus 1 · 6.72/10k
De Medicina 39 · 3.81/10k
De agri cultura 4 · 2.56/10k
Res Rustica, Books I-IX 18 · 2.29/10k
de Origine et Situ Germanorum Liber 1 · 1.81/10k
Topica 1 · 1.46/10k
Divus Aurelianus 1 · 1.28/10k
Florida 1 · 1.27/10k
De Clementia 1 · 1.2/10k
Pro P. Sulla 1 · 1.07/10k
Epistulae 1 · 1.01/10k
Satyricon 3 · 0.99/10k

Densest 12 of 24 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ferrāmentum — Lewis & Short

ferrāmentum, i, n.ferrum,

I an implement or tool of iron, or shod, pointed, etc., with iron, esp. agricultural implements (a hatchet, axe, sickle, etc.): puteum periclo et ferramentis fodimus, Plaut. Rud 2, 4, 19: de ferramentorum varietate scribit (Cato) permulta ... ut falces, palas, rastros, etc., Varr. R. R. 1, 22, 5; Col. 2, 18, 4; 3, 18, 6; 4, 24, 21; 4, 29, 15; Plin. 18, 26, 64, § 236: agrestia, Liv. 1, 40, 5: peditem super arma ferramentis quoque et copiis onerare, axes, etc., Tac. G. 30: bonorum ferramentorum studiosus, swords or daggers, Cic. Cat. 3, 5, 10; id. Sull. 19, 55; id. N. D. 1, 8, 19; cf. id. Top. 15, 59; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 86: nulla ferramentorum copia, * Caes. B. G. 5, 42, 3: tonsoria, razors, Mart. 14, 36: pugnantium, i. e. swords, Suet. Tit. 9: instrumento medici legato ... ferramenta legato cedunt, Paul. Sent. 3, 6, 62.

In the wild

ferramentisque Celsus, De Medicina 3.21.p2
ferramentorumque Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 1.8.8
ferramento Celsus, De Medicina 7.10
ferramenta Petronius, Satyricon 108
ferramenta Vitruvius, De Architectura 10.13.1
ferramentis Historia Augusta, Alexander Severus 40

6 of 95 attestations shown.

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