omentum

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ōmentum.

Noun

omentum (plural omentums or omenta)

1. (anatomy) Either of two folds of the peritoneum that support the viscera.

Derived terms

• greater omentum
• lesser omentum

Translations

fold of the peritoneum

• Catalan: epipló m, oment m
• Faroese: netja f
• Finnish: vatsapaita (fi)
• French: omentum (fr) m, epiploon (fr)
• German: Omentum n
• Hebrew: פדר (peder)
• Hungarian: cseplesz
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• Irish: scairt f
• Italian: omento (it) m
• Maori: taupā, matakupenga
• Navajo: akʼahłání
• Russian: са́льник (ru) m (sálʹnik)
• Sanskrit: वपा (sa) f (vapā)
• Spanish: epiplón m, omento m

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from another Italic language such as Umbrian 𐌖𐌌𐌄𐌍 (umen), 𐌖𐌌𐌍𐌄 (umne, “ointment”), from Proto-Italic *ongʷən, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃éngʷn̥ (“fat, butter”). Related to Latin unguen (“fat; ointment”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /oːˈmen.tum/, [oːˈmɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /oˈmen.tum/, [oˈmɛn̪t̪um]

Noun

ōmentum n (genitive ōmentī); second declension

1. (anatomy) The adipose membrane which encloses the bowels.
2. The bowels
3. (anatomy) Any membrane which envelops an internal part of the body

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ōmentum	ōmenta
Genitive	ōmentī	ōmentōrum
Dative	ōmentō	ōmentīs
Accusative	ōmentum	ōmenta
Ablative	ōmentō	ōmentīs
Vocative	ōmentum	ōmenta

Descendants

• → Catalan: oment
• → English: omentum
• → Italian: omento
• → Spanish: omento

References

• “omentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “omentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• omentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.