conopeum

conopeum

English

Noun

conopeum (plural conopea)

1. A thin flap of silica on the external valve face of a diatom

Derived terms

• pseudoconopeum

Anagrams

• come upon

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κωνωπεῖον (kōnōpeîon) (konopeion).

Noun

cōnōpēum n (genitive cōnōpēī); second declension

1. mosquito net
2. canopy

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cōnōpēum	cōnōpēa
Genitive	cōnōpēī	cōnōpēōrum
Dative	cōnōpēō	cōnōpēīs
Accusative	cōnōpēum	cōnōpēa
Ablative	cōnōpēō	cōnōpēīs
Vocative	cōnōpēum	cōnōpēa

Descendants

• Italian: conopeo
• Old French: canopé, canope
  • French: canapé (see there for further descendants)
• Portuguese: conopeu
• → Middle English: canope
  • English: canopy
    • → French: canopée (calque)
    • → Spanish: canopy
• → English: conopeum

References

• conopeum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• conopeum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• conopeum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• conopeum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• conopeum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin