Latin edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek λαιότομος (laiótomos).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

laeotomus m (genitive laeotomī); second declension

  1. The chord of a segment of a circle

Declension edit

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative laeotomus laeotomī
Genitive laeotomī laeotomōrum
Dative laeotomō laeotomīs
Accusative laeotomum laeotomōs
Ablative laeotomō laeotomīs
Vocative laeotome laeotomī

References edit

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