velamen

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin vēlāmen.

Noun

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velamen (plural velamina)

  1. (anatomy) A covering membrane or velum
  2. (botany) A spongy, usually pale, multiseriate epidermis (i.e. consisting of multiple layers of cells) covering the roots of some kinds of plants, especially plant species with an epiphytic or semi-epiphytic habit. Examples include various orchid and Clivia species

Latin

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Etymology

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From vēlō (I cover, wrap) +‎ -men (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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vēlāmen n (genitive vēlāminis); third declension

  1. cover, covering
  2. clothing, robe, garment
  3. veil

Declension

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Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative vēlāmen vēlāmina
Genitive vēlāminis vēlāminum
Dative vēlāminī vēlāminibus
Accusative vēlāmen vēlāmina
Ablative vēlāmine vēlāminibus
Vocative vēlāmen vēlāmina

References

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  • velamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • velamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • velamen 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)
  • velamen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • velamen”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Spanish

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Noun

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velamen m (plural velámenes)

  1. (nautical) set of sails of a boat

Further reading

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