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velamentum

English edit

Etymology edit

Latin vēlāmentum

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

velamentum (plural velamenta)

  1. A velamen or membrane.

References edit

  1. ^ Gould, George Milbry, Scott, Richard John Ernst (1919) The Practitioner's Medical Dictionary, Third Edition, page 934

Anagrams edit

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From vēlō (“to cover, veil, conceal”) +‎ -mentum.

Noun edit

vēlāmentum n (genitive vēlāmentī); second declension

  1. covering
  2. screen

Declension edit

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative vēlāmentum vēlāmenta
Genitive vēlāmentī vēlāmentōrum
Dative vēlāmentō vēlāmentīs
Accusative vēlāmentum vēlāmenta
Ablative vēlāmentō vēlāmentīs
Vocative vēlāmentum vēlāmenta

References edit

  • “velamentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • velamentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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