LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

integumentum

integumentum n (genitive integumentī)
Classical[ɪn.tɛ.ɡʊˈmɛn.tũː]Ecclesiastical[in.te.ɡuˈmɛn.tum]

Meaning

  1. neutercovering
  2. neuterlid
  3. neutera mean of defense

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeintegumentum
integimentum		integumenta
integimenta
genitiveintegumentī
integimentī		integumentōrum
integimentōrum
dativeintegumentō
integimentō		integumentīs
integimentīs
accusativeintegumentum
integimentum		integumenta
integimenta
ablativeintegumentō
integimentō		integumentīs
integimentīs
vocativeintegumentum
integimentum		integumenta
integimenta

intĕgŭmentum, i, n. intego,
I. a covering.
I. Lit.: lanx cum integumentis, quae Jovi adposita fuit, the plate-covers, lids, Liv. 40, 59, 7 Weissenb. (al. lana cum integumentis, i. e. the pillows on which rested the heads of the statues of the gods): ea legio linteata ab integumento consaepti ... appellata est, id. 10, 38, 12: vestis aut pellis, Aur. Vict. Orig. Gent. Rom. 13, 2: integumenta carnalia, Ambros. de Isaac et An. 4, 16.—
II. Transf
A. That which conceals, a covering: frontis, Cic. post Red. in Sen. 7, 15: flagitiorum, id. Cael. 20, 47: dissimulationis, Cic. de Or. 2, 86: ornamenta ejus ingenii per quaedam involucra atque integumenta perspexi, id. ib. 1, 35: nequitia frontis involuta integumentis, id. Pis. 6.—
B. That which protects, a defence, shelter: corporis alicujus, one's constant attendant, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 2, 19: aetati meae, id. Trin. 2, 2, 32.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Latin integumentum From integere + -mentum.

Descendants
  • Catalanintegument
  • Englishintegument
  • Spanishintegumento
  • Finnishintegumentti
  • Norwegianintegument

Quick answers

What does integumentum mean in Latin?
integumentum, a noun, means “covering; lid; a mean of defense”.
What is the genitive of integumentum?
The genitive singular is integumentī. integumentum is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce integumentum?
In classical Latin, [ɪn.tɛ.ɡʊˈmɛn.tũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [in.te.ɡuˈmɛn.tum].