velamentum

English

Etymology

From Latin vēlāmentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌviːləˈmɛntəm/

Noun

velamentum (plural velamenta)

1. A velamen or membrane.

Anagrams

• Maleventum

Latin

Etymology

From vēlō (“to cover, veil, conceal”) +‎ -mentum.

Noun

vēlāmentum n (genitive vēlāmentī); second declension

1. covering
2. screen

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	vēlāmentum	vēlāmenta
genitive	vēlāmentī	vēlāmentōrum
dative	vēlāmentō	vēlāmentīs
accusative	vēlāmentum	vēlāmenta
ablative	vēlāmentō	vēlāmentīs
vocative	vēlāmentum	vēlāmenta

References

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