omentum
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɛntəm
Noun edit
omentum (plural omentums or omenta)
- (anatomy) Either of two folds of the peritoneum that support the viscera.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
fold of the peritoneum
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Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from another Italic language such as Umbrian 𐌖𐌌𐌄𐌍 (umen), 𐌖𐌌𐌍𐌄 (umne, “ointment”), from Proto-Italic *ongʷn̥, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃éngʷn̥ (“fat, butter”). Related to Latin unguen (“fat; ointment”)[1] and formally to unguentum.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /oːˈmen.tum/, [oːˈmɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /oˈmen.tum/, [oˈmɛn̪t̪um]
Noun edit
ōmentum n (genitive ōmentī); second declension
- (anatomy) The adipose membrane which encloses the bowels.
- The bowels
- (anatomy) Any membrane which envelops an internal part of the body
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | ōmentum | ōmenta |
Genitive | ōmentī | ōmentōrum |
Dative | ōmentō | ōmentīs |
Accusative | ōmentum | ōmenta |
Ablative | ōmentō | ōmentīs |
Vocative | ōmentum | ōmenta |
Descendants edit
References edit
- “omentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “omentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- omentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “ōmentum”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 428
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from Latin omentum.
Noun edit
omentum n (plural omentumuri)
Declension edit
Declension of omentum
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) omentum | omentumul | (niște) omentumuri | omentumurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) omentum | omentumului | (unor) omentumuri | omentumurilor |
vocative | omentumule | omentumurilor |