nīdāmentum — Lewis & Short
nīdāmentum, i, n.nidus. *
I The materials for a nest:
in nervum ille hodie nidamenta congeret,he will scrape together a nest to get himself a drubbing, Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 51.—*
II Transf., a nest. blattas nidamenta ponere, Arn. 6, 202.