indumentum

English

Etymology

Latin indumentum

Noun

indumentum (plural indumenta)

  1. (botany) A surface covering of any kind of trichomes, e.g. hairs, scales.

Latin

Etymology

From induō +‎ -mentum.

Noun

indūmentum n (genitive indūmentī); second declension

  1. garment, robe

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative indūmentum indūmenta
Genitive indūmentī indūmentōrum
Dative indūmentō indūmentīs
Accusative indūmentum indūmenta
Ablative indūmentō indūmentīs
Vocative indūmentum indūmenta

Descendants
  • Catalan: indument
  • → English: indumentum
  • Italian: indumento
  • Portuguese: indumento
  • Spanish: indumento

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