elementa

elementa is a Latin form of elementum, meaning “element, first principle; (elementa) the alphabet, rudiments”. It is the nominative plural neuter noun or vocative plural neuter noun or accusative plural neuter noun.

Found 81 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, De Republica 1.38: … um adprobavisset Laelius, Nec vero, inquit Africanus, ita disseram de re tam inlustri tamque nota, ut ad illa elementa revolvar, quibus uti docti homines his in rebus solent, ut a prima congressione maris et feminae, deinde a pr …

Boethius, De consolatione philosophiae 4.M6.20: Elementa modis, ut pugnantia

All forms of elementum (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.