velamen

English

Etymology

From Latin

Noun

velamen (plural velamina)

  1. (anatomy) A covering membrane or velum
  2. (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).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /weːˈlaː.men/, [weːˈɫaː.mɛn]

Noun

vēlāmen n (genitive vēlāminis); third declension

  1. cover, covering
  2. clothing, robe, garment
  3. veil

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)
  • velamen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • velamen in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Spanish

Noun

velamen m (plural velámenes)

  1. (nautical) set of sails of a boat
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