tomentum
English
Noun
tomentum (plural tomenta)
- (botany) A mass of filamentous hairs on the leaf of a plant.
- (zoology) A covering of fine, soft hairs; a pubescence.
- (anatomy) A network of fine blood vessels between the pia mater and the cerebral cortex.
Translations
matted woolly down on the surface of a plant
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Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”) + -mentum.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /toːˈmen.tum/, [t̪oːˈmɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /toˈmen.tum/, [t̪oˈmɛn̪t̪um]
Noun
tōmentum n (genitive tōmentī); second declension
- stuffing (for pillows, mattresses etc)
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | tōmentum | tōmenta |
Genitive | tōmentī | tōmentōrum |
Dative | tōmentō | tōmentīs |
Accusative | tōmentum | tōmenta |
Ablative | tōmentō | tōmentīs |
Vocative | tōmentum | tōmenta |
References
- “tomentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “tomentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- tomentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- de Vaan, Michiel, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, vol. 7, of Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series, Alexander Lubotsky ed., Leiden: Brill, 2008.
Categories:
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- en:Botany
- en:Zoology
- en:Anatomy
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin terms suffixed with -mentum
- Latin 3-syllable words
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- Latin neuter nouns in the second declension
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