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noun · neutersecond declension

līneāmentum

līneāmentum n (genitive līneāmentī)
Classical[liː.ne.aːˈmɛn.tũː]Ecclesiastical[li.ne.aˈmɛn.tum]

Meaning

  1. a mark, line, stroke
  2. in pluralfeatures, lineaments
  3. in pluraldrawings, designs, delineations

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativelīneāmentumlīneāmenta
līniāmenta
genitivelīneāmentī
līniāmentī		līneāmentōrum
līniāmentōrum
dativelīneāmentō
līniāmentō		līneāmentīs
līniāmentīs
accusativelīneāmentumlīneāmenta
līniāmenta
ablativelīneāmentō
līniāmentō		līneāmentīs
līniāmentīs
vocativelīneāmentumlīneāmenta
līniāmenta

līnĕāmentum (līnĭā-), i, n. linea,
I. a line or stroke made with a pen, with chalk, etc., a mark, line.
I. Lit.: in geometria lineamenta formae, etc., lines, Cic. de Or. 1, 41, 187: lineamentum, longitudinem latitudine carentem, id. Ac. 2, 36, 116. —
B. Transf.
1. A feature, lineament: quae conformatio lineamentorum, Cic. N. D. 1, 18, 47: lineamenta hospitae, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 36, § 89: lineamenta oris effingere, id. Div. 1, 13, 23: habitum oris lineamentaque intueri, Liv. 21, 4: corporis, id. 26, 41.—
2. In plur., of the works of artists, designs, drawings, delineations: adumbratorum deorum lineamenta, Cic. N. D. 1, 27, 75: operum lineamenta, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 44, § 98.—
II. Trop., a feature, lineament: animi lineamenta sunt pulchriora quam corporis, Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 75: numerus quasi quandam palaestram et extrema lineamenta orationi attulit, id. Or. 56, 186: Catonis lineamentis nihil nisi eorum pigmentorum, quae inventa nondum erant, florem et colorem defuisse, sketches, outlines, id. Brut. 87, 298.

Origins

From līnea (“line”).

Descendants
  • Catalanlineament
  • Frenchlinéament
  • Italianlineamento
  • Portugueselineamento
  • Romanianliniament
  • Spanishlineamento

In English words that came into English from līneāmentum

  • lineamentlīneāmentum

Quick answers

What does līneāmentum mean in Latin?
līneāmentum, a noun, means “a mark, line, stroke; features, lineaments; drawings, designs, delineations”.
What is the genitive of līneāmentum?
The genitive singular is līneāmentī. līneāmentum is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce līneāmentum?
In classical Latin, [liː.ne.aːˈmɛn.tũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [li.ne.aˈmɛn.tum].