linteum

Latin

Etymology

From linteus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈlin.te.um/, [ˈlʲɪn̪t̪eʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlin.te.um/, [ˈlin̪t̪eum]

Noun

linteum n (genitive linteī); second declension

1. linen cloth
2. sail
3. awning

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	linteum	lintea
Genitive	linteī	linteōrum
Dative	linteō	linteīs
Accusative	linteum	lintea
Ablative	linteō	linteīs
Vocative	linteum	lintea

Derived terms

• linteārius
• linteō
• linteolum

Descendants

• Asturian: llenzu
• Catalan: llenç
• Old Galician-Portuguese: lenço
  • Galician: lenzo
  • Portuguese: lenço
    • → Malay: lenso
      • Indonesian: lenso
    • → Tetum: lensu
    • → Swahili: leso
• Old Spanish: lienço
  • Spanish: lienzo
• → Ancient Greek: λέντιον (léntion)
  • → Armenian: ղենջակ (ġenǰak)
  • → Coptic: ⲗⲉⲛⲧⲓⲟⲛ (lention)

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) linteum

1. nominative neuter singular of linteus
2. accusative masculine singular of linteus
3. accusative neuter singular of linteus
4. vocative neuter singular of linteus

References

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