I. Cattle for ploughing; and collectively, a herd (but jumentum, contr. for jugimentum from jugum, draught-cattle; cf. Dig. 50, 16, 89); most freq. in the plur.: cornifrontes armentae, Liv. Andron. l. c.; “Enn. l. c.: At variae crescunt pecudes, armenta feraeque,” Lucr. 5, 228; cf. id. 1, 163: “grex armentorum,” Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 7: “greges armentorum reliquique pecoris,” Cic. Phil. 3, 12 fin.; so Vulg. Deut. 28, 4: “ut accensis cornibus armenta concitentur,” Liv. 22, 17: “armenta bucera,” Ov. M. 6, 395.—In the sing.: “armentum aegrotat in agris,” Hor. Ep. 1, 8, 6: “pasci Armentum regale vides,” Ov. M. 2, 842; 8, 882; 11, 348: “armentum agens,” Liv. 1, 7: “ad armentum cucurrit,” Vulg. Gen. 18, 7; ib. Exod. 29, 1; ib. Ezech. 43, 19 et saep.—
II. Transf.
A. Of horses or other large animals: “bellum haec armenta minantur,” Verg. A. 3, 540.— In sing.: “sortiri armento subolem,” Verg. G. 3, 71; Ov. F. 2, 277; Col. 7, 1, 2; Plin. 8, 42, 66, § 165; 11, 49, 110, § 263: hos (cervos) tota armenta sequuntur, Verg. A. 1, 185: “armenta immania Neptuni,” the monstrous beasts of Neptune, id. G. 4, 395.—
B. A herd, drove, as a collective designation; with gen.: “armenta boum,” Verg. G. 2, 195; so Vulg. Deut. 8, 13; “ib. Judith, 2, 8: multa ibi equorum boumque armenta,” Plin. Ep. 2, 17: “cynocephalorum,” id. ib. 7, 2, 2.—
