lineamentum
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From līnea (“line”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /liː.ne.aːˈmen.tum/, [lʲiːneäːˈmɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /li.ne.aˈmen.tum/, [lineäˈmɛn̪t̪um]
Noun edit
līneāmentum n (genitive līneāmentī); second declension
- (that is drawn) a mark, line, stroke
- (in the plural) features, lineaments
- (in the plural) drawings, designs, delineations
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | līneāmentum | līneāmenta |
| Genitive | līneāmentī | līneāmentōrum |
| Dative | līneāmentō | līneāmentīs |
| Accusative | līneāmentum | līneāmenta |
| Ablative | līneāmentō | līneāmentīs |
| Vocative | līneāmentum | līneāmenta |
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Catalan: lineament
- French: linéament
- Italian: lineamento
- Portuguese: lineamento
- Romanian: liniament
- Spanish: lineamento
References edit
- “lineamentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “lineamentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- lineamentum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- lineamentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- lineamentum in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016