omentum

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ōmentum.

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɛntəm

Noun

omentum (plural omentums or omenta)

  1. (anatomy) Either of two folds of the peritoneum that support the viscera.

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from another Italic language such as Umbrian 𐌖𐌌𐌄𐌍 (umen), 𐌖𐌌𐌍𐌄 (umne, “ointment”), from Proto-Italic *ongʷn̥, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃éngʷn̥ (“fat, butter”). Related to Latin unguen (“fat; ointment”)[1] and formally to unguentum.

Pronunciation

Noun

ōmentum n (genitive ōmentī); second declension

  1. (anatomy) The adipose membrane which encloses the bowels.
  2. The bowels
  3. (anatomy) Any membrane which envelops an internal part of the body

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ōmentum ōmenta
Genitive ōmentī ōmentōrum
Dative ōmentō ōmentīs
Accusative ōmentum ōmenta
Ablative ōmentō ōmentīs
Vocative ōmentum ōmenta

Descendants
  • → Catalan: oment
  • → English: omentum
  • → Italian: omento
  • → Spanish: omento

References
  • “omentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “omentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • omentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “ōmentum”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 428

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin omentum.

Noun

omentum n (plural omentumuri)

  1. (anatomy) omentum

Declension
Declension of omentum
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) omentum omentumul (niște) omentumuri omentumurile
genitive/dative (unui) omentum omentumului (unor) omentumuri omentumurilor
vocative omentumule omentumurilor

References
  • omentum in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
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