linteum

Latin

Etymology

From linteus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈlin.te.um/, [ˈlʲɪn̪t̪eʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlin.te.um/, [ˈlin̪t̪eum]

Noun

linteum n (genitive linteī); second declension

1. linen cloth
2. (by extension) bedsheet
3. sail
4. awning

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	linteum	lintea
genitive	linteī	linteōrum
dative	linteō	linteīs
accusative	linteum	lintea
ablative	linteō	linteīs
vocative	linteum	lintea

Derived terms

• linteārius
• linteō
• linteolum

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: lenzo (obsolete)
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: llenç
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Asturian: llenzu
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: lenço
    • Galician: lenzo
    • Portuguese: lenço (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Spanish: lienço
    • Spanish: lienzo
• Borrowings:
  • → Ancient Greek: λέντιον (léntion)
    • → Old Armenian: ղենտի (łenti), (via Iranian) ղենջակ (łenǰak)
    • → Coptic: ⲗⲉⲛⲧⲓⲟⲛ (lention)

From the feminine/plural lintea:

• Italo-Dalmatian:
  • Italian: lenza
  • Venetan: lenza
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: llença

Adjective

linteum

1. inflection of linteus:
   1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
   2. accusative masculine singular

References

• “linteum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “linteum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "linteum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• linteum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “linteum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers