indumentum

English

Etymology

Latin indumentum

Noun

indumentum (plural indumenta)

1. (botany) A surface covering of any kind of trichomes, e.g. hairs, scales.

Related terms

• indument

Latin

Etymology

From induō +‎ -mentum.

Noun

indūmentum n (genitive indūmentī); second declension

1. garment, robe

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	indūmentum	indūmenta
Genitive	indūmentī	indūmentōrum
Dative	indūmentō	indūmentīs
Accusative	indūmentum	indūmenta
Ablative	indūmentō	indūmentīs
Vocative	indūmentum	indūmenta

Descendants

• Catalan: indument
• → English: indumentum
• Italian: indumento
• Portuguese: indumento
• Spanish: indumento

References

• “indumentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• indumentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “indumentum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers