tegumentum
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Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From tegere (“to cover, clothe”) + -mentum (derivational suffix).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /te.ɡuˈmen.tum/, [t̪ɛɡʊˈmɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /te.ɡuˈmen.tum/, [t̪eɡuˈmɛn̪t̪um]
Noun[edit]
tegumentum n (genitive tegumentī); second declension
- cover, covering
- c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 2.21:
- Temporis tanta fuit exiguitas hostiumque tam paratus ad dimicandum animus ut non modo ad insignia accommodanda sed etiam ad galeas induendas scutisque tegimenta detrahenda tempus defuerit.
- Such was the shortness of the time, and so determined was the mind of the enemy on fighting, that time was wanting not only for affixing the military insignia, but even for putting on the helmets and drawing off the covers from the shields.
- Temporis tanta fuit exiguitas hostiumque tam paratus ad dimicandum animus ut non modo ad insignia accommodanda sed etiam ad galeas induendas scutisque tegimenta detrahenda tempus defuerit.
- clothing
- armour
- shell or husk (of an animal, fruit etc.)
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | tegumentum | tegumenta |
| Genitive | tegumentī | tegumentōrum |
| Dative | tegumentō | tegumentīs |
| Accusative | tegumentum | tegumenta |
| Ablative | tegumentō | tegumentīs |
| Vocative | tegumentum | tegumenta |
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → English: tegument
- → Esperanto: tegmento
- → French: tégument
- → Ido: tegumento
- → Italian: tegumento
- → Spanish: tegumento
References[edit]
- “tegumentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- tegumentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.