Latin

Noun

linteum n ‎(genitive linteī); second declension

1. linen cloth
2. (nautical) sail
3. awning

Declension

Second declension.

Derived terms

• linteārius
• linteō
• linteolum

Descendants

• Portuguese: lenço

• Tetum: lensu

• Spanish: lienzo

Adjective

linteum

1. nominative neuter singular of linteus
2. accusative masculine singular of linteus
3. accusative neuter singular of linteus
4. vocative neuter singular of linteus

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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “linteum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• linteum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers