tomentum
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛntəm
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-Italic *towamentom, from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”) + -mentum.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /toːˈmen.tum/, [t̪oːˈmɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (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 |
Descendants
- Catalan: toment
- English: tomentum
- Galician: tomento
- Italian: tomento
- Portuguese: tomento
- Spanish: tomento
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.