LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

omāsum

omāsum n (genitive omāsī)
Classical[ɔˈmaː.sũː]Ecclesiastical[oˈmaː.s̬um]

Meaning

  1. The tripe of a bull.

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeomāsumomāsa
genitiveomāsīomāsōrum
dativeomāsōomāsīs
accusativeomāsumomāsa
ablativeomāsōomāsīs
vocativeomāsumomāsa

ŏmāsum or ŏmassum, i, n. Gallic; v. infra,
I. bullock's tripe (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): omasum βόειον κόπεον λιπαρὸν τῇ τῶν Τάλλων γλώττῃ, Gloss. Philox.: patinas cenabat omasi, Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 34; Plin. 8, 45, 70, § 180.—Transf.: pingui tentus omaso, with his fat paunch, Hor. S. 2, 5, 40.

Origins

Attested in the 1st century CE. Transmitted in Val. Max. 8, 1. damn. 8 a gloss τῇ τῶν Γάλλων γλώττῃ (tēî tôn Gállōn glṓttēi), from Gaulish. This leaves considered a borrowing from the Punic descendant of Proto-Semitic *ḥamṯ- (“abdomen”), since the voiceless pharyngeal fricative there would have been weakened by that time and southern Gaul was teeming with Punic colonies.

Descendants
  • Englishomasum
  • Italianomaso

In English words that came into English from omāsum

  • omasumomāsum
  • abomasumabomāsum

Quick answers

What does omāsum mean in Latin?
omāsum, a noun, means “The tripe of a bull.”.
What is the genitive of omāsum?
The genitive singular is omāsī. omāsum is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce omāsum?
In classical Latin, [ɔˈmaː.sũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [oˈmaː.s̬um].