linteum

Latin

Etymology

From linteus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈlin.te.um/, [ˈlʲɪn̪t̪eʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlin.te.um/, [ˈlin̪t̪eum]

Noun

linteum n (genitive linteī); second declension

1. linen cloth
2. (by extension) bedsheet
3. sail
4. awning

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	linteum	lintea
Genitive	linteī	linteōrum
Dative	linteō	linteīs
Accusative	linteum	lintea
Ablative	linteō	linteīs
Vocative	linteum	lintea

Derived terms

• linteārius
• linteō
• linteolum

Descendants

• Asturian: llenzu
• Catalan: llenç
• Old Galician-Portuguese: lenço
  • Galician: lenzo
  • Portuguese: lenço
    • → Malay: lenso
      • Indonesian: lenso
    • → Tetum: lensu
    • → Swahili: leso
• Old Spanish: lienço
  • Spanish: lienzo
• → Ancient Greek: λέντιον (léntion)
  • → Old Armenian: ղենտի (łenti), (via Iranian) ղենջակ (łenǰak)
  • → Coptic: ⲗⲉⲛⲧⲓⲟⲛ (lention)

Adjective

linteum

1. inflection of linteus:
   1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
   2. accusative masculine singular

References

• “linteum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “linteum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• linteum 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)
• linteum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “linteum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers