indumentum

English

Etymology

From Latin indumentum.

Noun

indumentum (plural indumenta)

  1. (botany) A surface covering of any kind of trichomes, e.g. hairs, scales.

Latin

Etymology

From induō +‎ -mentum.

Noun

indūmentum n (genitive indūmentī); second declension

  1. (post-Classical, rare) garment

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative indūmentum indūmenta
genitive indūmentī indūmentōrum
dative indūmentō indūmentīs
accusative indūmentum indūmenta
ablative indūmentō indūmentīs
vocative indūmentum indūmenta

Descendants

  • Catalan: indument
  • → English: indumentum
  • Italian: indumento
  • Portuguese: indumento
  • Spanish: indumento

References

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