omentum

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ōmentum.

Noun

omentum (plural omentums or omenta)

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

Derived terms

Translations

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /oːˈmen.tum/, [oːˈmɛn.tũ]

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

Inflection

Second declension.

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

Descendants

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, page 428
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