conopeum

English

Etymology

From Latin cōnōpēum. Doublet of canapé and canopy.

Noun

conopeum (plural conopea)

1. A thin flap of silica on the external valve face of a diatom

Derived terms

• pseudoconopeum

Anagrams

• come upon

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κωνωπεῖον (kōnōpeîon), from κώνωψ (kṓnōps, “mosquito”).

Noun

cōnōpēum n (genitive cōnōpēī); second declension

1. mosquito net
2. canopy

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cōnōpēum	cōnōpēa
Genitive	cōnōpēī	cōnōpēōrum
Dative	cōnōpēō	cōnōpēīs
Accusative	cōnōpēum	cōnōpēa
Ablative	cōnōpēō	cōnōpēīs
Vocative	cōnōpēum	cōnōpēa

Descendants

• → Catalan: conopeu
• → English: conopeum
• Italian: conopeo
• Old French: canopé, canope
  • → Middle English: canape, canapee, canapy, canepie, canope, kanape
    • English: canopy
  • French: canapé (see there for further descendants)
• Portuguese: conopeu
• → Middle English: canope
  • English: canopy
    • → French: canopée (calque)
    • → Spanish: canopy

References

• “conopeum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “conopeum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• conopeum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “conopeum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “conopeum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin