Noun: tegumentum
Hyphenation:
Gender: Neuter
Declension: Second
Nominative
| Singular | tegumentum |
| Plural | tegumenta |
Genitive
| Singular | tegumentī |
| Plural | tegumentōrum |
Dative
| Singular | tegumentō |
| Plural | tegumentīs |
Accusative
| Singular | tegumentum |
| Plural | tegumenta |
Ablative
| Singular | tegumentō |
| Plural | tegumentīs |
Vocative
| Singular | tegumentum |
| Plural | tegumenta |
Sample Sentences
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Temporis tanta fuit exiguitas hostiumque tam paratus ad dimicandum animus ut non modo ad insignia accommodanda sed etiam ad galeas induendas scutisque tegimenta detrahenda tempus defuerit. (Such was the shortness of the time, and so determined was the mind of the enemy on fighting, that time was wanting not only for affixing the military insignia, but even for putting on the helmets and drawing off the covers from the shields.) [c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico 2.21]
Nouns inflected like tegumentum
palmētum,
miliardum,
rēctangulum,
bactērium,
frūctum,
melimēlum,
scītum,
scūtum,
lanthanum,
sertum,
sacrum,
pentaptōtum,
dēcrēmentum,
sorbum,
fundibulum,
alphabētum,
siglum,
signum,
flābrum,
nūtrīmentum, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg-der.
3. Proto-Italic *tegō
4. Latin tegere
5. Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
6. Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom
7. Proto-Italic *-mentom
8. Latin -mentum
9. Latin tegumentum
10. From tegere (“to cover, clothe”) + -mentum (derivational suffix).
Verbs referencing "tegumentum"
English Nouns
tegument, Romanian Nouns
tegument, Italian Nouns
tegumento.
Translations