indumentum

English

Etymology

From Latin indumentum.

Noun

indumentum (plural indumenta)

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

Related terms

• indument

Latin

Etymology

From induō +‎ -mentum.

Noun

indūmentum n (genitive indūmentī); second declension

1. (post-Classical, rare) garment

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	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