velamentum

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Latin vēlāmentum

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

velamentum (plural velamenta)

  1. A velamen or membrane.

References[edit]

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

Anagrams[edit]

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

vēlāmentum n (genitive vēlāmentī); second declension

  1. covering
  2. screen

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative vēlāmentum vēlāmenta
Genitive vēlāmentī vēlāmentōrum
Dative vēlāmentō vēlāmentīs
Accusative vēlāmentum vēlāmenta
Ablative vēlāmentō vēlāmentīs
Vocative vēlāmentum vēlāmenta

References[edit]

  • “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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