lineamentum

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From līnea (“line”).

Pronunciation

Noun

līneāmentum n (genitive līneāmentī); second declension

  1. (that is drawn) a mark, line, stroke
  2. (in the plural) features, lineaments
  3. (in the plural) drawings, designs, delineations

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative līneāmentum līneāmenta
genitive līneāmentī līneāmentōrum
dative līneāmentō līneāmentīs
accusative līneāmentum līneāmenta
ablative līneāmentō līneāmentīs
vocative līneāmentum līneāmenta

Descendants

  • Catalan: lineament
  • French: linéament
  • Italian: lineamento
  • Portuguese: lineamento
  • Romanian: liniament
  • Spanish: lineamento

References

  • “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 (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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