English

Noun

conopeum ‎(plural conopea)

1. A thin flap of silica on the external valve face of a diatom

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κωνωπεῖον ‎(kōnōpeîon) (konopeion).

Noun

cōnōpēum n ‎(genitive cōnōpēī); second declension

1. mosquito net
2. canopy

Inflection

Second declension.

Descendants

References

• conopeum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• conopeum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “conopeum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• conopeum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• conopeum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin