tegumentum
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From tegere (“to cover, clothe”) + -mentum (derivational suffix).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /te.ɡuˈmen.tum/, [t̪ɛɡʊˈmɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /te.ɡuˈmen.tum/, [t̪eɡuˈmɛn̪t̪um]
Noun edit
tegumentum n (genitive tegumentī); second declension
- cover, covering
- c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 2.21:
- Temporis tanta fuit exiguitas hostiumque tam paratus ad dimicandum animus ut non modo ad insignia accommodanda sed etiam ad galeas induendas scutisque tegimenta detrahenda tempus defuerit.
- Such was the shortness of the time, and so determined was the mind of the enemy on fighting, that time was wanting not only for affixing the military insignia, but even for putting on the helmets and drawing off the covers from the shields.
- Temporis tanta fuit exiguitas hostiumque tam paratus ad dimicandum animus ut non modo ad insignia accommodanda sed etiam ad galeas induendas scutisque tegimenta detrahenda tempus defuerit.
- clothing
- armour
- shell or husk (of an animal, fruit etc.)
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | tegumentum | tegumenta |
Genitive | tegumentī | tegumentōrum |
Dative | tegumentō | tegumentīs |
Accusative | tegumentum | tegumenta |
Ablative | tegumentō | tegumentīs |
Vocative | tegumentum | tegumenta |
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → English: tegument
- → Esperanto: tegmento
- → French: tégument
- → Ido: tegumento
- → Italian: tegumento
- → Spanish: tegumento
References edit
- “tegumentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- tegumentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.