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velamen
velamen
English
Noun
velamen (plural velamina)
- (anatomy) A covering membrane or velum
- (botany) A spongy, usually pale, multiseriate epidermis (i.e. consisting of multiple layers of cells) covering the roots of some kinds of plants, especially plant species with an epiphytic or semi-epiphytic habit. Examples include various orchid and Clivia species
Latin
Etymology
From vēlō (“I cover, wrap”) + -men (noun-forming suffix).
Noun
vēlāmen n (genitive vēlāminis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension neuter.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | vēlāmen | vēlāmina |
| genitive | vēlāminis | vēlāminum |
| dative | vēlāminī | vēlāminibus |
| accusative | vēlāmen | vēlāmina |
| ablative | vēlāmine | vēlāminibus |
| vocative | vēlāmen | vēlāmina |
References
- velamen in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- velamen in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- VELAMEN in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “velamen”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- velamen in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers