N / nīdāmentum
noun

nīdāmentum

gen. nīdāmenti · gender neuter · decl. 2nd
The materials for a nest
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.—*
a nest by extension
Transf., a nest. blattas nidamenta ponere, Arn. 6, 202.