Latin

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Etymology

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Unknown.[1] Maybe related to Ancient Greek ὠμόλινον (ōmólinon, raw flax).

Noun

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homeltium n (genitive homeltiī or homeltī); second declension

  1. a kind of cap

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative homeltium homeltia
Genitive homeltiī
homeltī1
homeltiōrum
Dative homeltiō homeltiīs
Accusative homeltium homeltia
Ablative homeltiō homeltiīs
Vocative homeltium homeltia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

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  • homeltium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • homeltium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938) “homeltium”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 654