velamentum

English

Etymology

From Latin vēlāmentum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌviːləˈmɛntəm/[1]

Noun

velamentum (plural velamenta)

  1. A velamen or membrane.

References

  1. ^ Gould, George Milbry, Scott, Richard John Ernst (1919) The Practitioner's Medical Dictionary, Third Edition, page 934

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From vēlō (“to cover, veil, conceal”) +‎ -mentum.

Noun

vēlāmentum n (genitive vēlāmentī); second declension

  1. covering
  2. screen

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative vēlāmentum vēlāmenta
genitive vēlāmentī vēlāmentōrum
dative vēlāmentō vēlāmentīs
accusative vēlāmentum vēlāmenta
ablative vēlāmentō vēlāmentīs
vocative vēlāmentum vēlāmenta

References

  • “velamentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • velamentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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