laeotomus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek λαιότομος (laiótomos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /lae̯ˈo.to.mus/, [ɫ̪äe̯ˈɔt̪ɔmʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /leˈo.to.mus/, [leˈɔːt̪omus]

Noun

laeotomus m (genitive laeotomī); second declension

1. The chord of a segment of a circle

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	laeotomus	laeotomī
genitive	laeotomī	laeotomōrum
dative	laeotomō	laeotomīs
accusative	laeotomum	laeotomōs
ablative	laeotomō	laeotomīs
vocative	laeotome	laeotomī

References

• “laeotomus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• laeotomus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.