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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin ōmentum.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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omentum (plural omentums or omenta)

  1. (anatomy) Either of two folds of the peritoneum that support the viscera.

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Latin

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Etymology

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Borrowed 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

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Noun

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ōmentum n (genitive ōmentī); second declension

  1. (anatomy) The adipose membrane which encloses the bowels.
  2. The bowels
  3. (anatomy) Any membrane which envelops an internal part of the body

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative ōmentum ōmenta
genitive ōmentī ōmentōrum
dative ōmentō ōmentīs
accusative ōmentum ōmenta
ablative ōmentō ōmentīs
vocative ōmentum ōmenta

Descendants

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  • Catalan: oment
  • English: omentum
  • Italian: omento
  • Spanish: omento

References

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  • 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.
  1. ^ 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

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Latin omentum.

Noun

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omentum n (plural omentumuri)

  1. (anatomy) omentum

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative omentum omentumul omentumuri omentumurile
genitive-dative omentum omentumului omentumuri omentumurilor
vocative omentumule omentumurilor

References

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  • omentum in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN