omentum
English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -ɛntəm
Noun
editomentum (plural omentums or omenta)
- (anatomy) Either of two folds of the peritoneum that support the viscera.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editfold of the peritoneum
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Latin
editEtymology
editBorrowed from another Italic language such as Umbrian 𐌖𐌌𐌄𐌍 (umen), 𐌖𐌌𐌍𐌄 (umne, “ointment”), from Proto-Italic *ongʷn̥, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃éngʷn̥ (“fat, butter”). Related to Latin unguen (“fat; ointment”)[1] and formally to unguentum.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /oːˈmen.tum/, [oːˈmɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /oˈmen.tum/, [oˈmɛn̪t̪um]
Noun
editōmentum n (genitive ōmentī); second declension
- (anatomy) The adipose membrane which encloses the bowels.
- The bowels
- (anatomy) Any membrane which envelops an internal part of the body
Declension
editSecond-declension noun (neuter).
singular | plural | |
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nominative | ōmentum | ōmenta |
genitive | ōmentī | ōmentōrum |
dative | ōmentō | ōmentīs |
accusative | ōmentum | ōmenta |
ablative | ōmentō | ōmentīs |
vocative | ōmentum | ōmenta |
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “omentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “omentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- omentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “ōmentum”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 428
Romanian
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from Latin omentum.
Noun
editomentum n (plural omentumuri)
Declension
editsingular | plural | ||||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | omentum | omentumul | omentumuri | omentumurile | |
genitive-dative | omentum | omentumului | omentumuri | omentumurilor | |
vocative | omentumule | omentumurilor |
References
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- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₃engʷ-
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- Rhymes:English/ɛntəm/3 syllables
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- en:Anatomy
- Latin terms borrowed from Umbrian
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- la:Anatomy
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- ro:Anatomy