noun · neutersecond declension
operīmentum
operīmentum n (genitive operīmentī)
Meaning
- cover, covering, lid
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | operīmentum | operīmenta |
| genitive | operīmentī | operīmentōrum |
| dative | operīmentō | operīmentīs |
| accusative | operīmentum | operīmenta |
| ablative | operīmentō | operīmentīs |
| vocative | operīmentum | operīmenta |
ŏpĕrīmentum (sync. opermentum;
I.
al. oprimentum, Prud. Psych. 461), i, n. id., a covering, cover, lid (class.): quibus operibantur operimenta et pallia opercula dixerunt, Varr. L. L. 5, § 167 Müll.: operimenta decem, Cato, R. R. 10: equis paria operimenta erant, Sall. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 11, 770: nuces gemino protectae operimento, Plin. 15, 22, 24, § 86: fulmen, quo dolia exhauriuntur intactis operimen tis, the lids, id. 2, 51, 52, § 137: oculorum, id. 8, 42, 64, § 156: testei, id. 11, 37, 55, § 153; a coverlet, covering for a bed: lectuli, Vulg. Deut. 27, 20: de cubili, id. Prov. 22, 27: redditur terrae corpus et ita locatum ac situm quasi operimento matris obducitur, * Cic. Leg. 2, 22, 56.—Trop.: operimenta animae, Ambros. Noë et Arca, 29, § 112.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
operīmentum ī, n
operio, a covering, cover: corpus quasi operimento matris obducitur.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épi Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Latin operiō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Latin operīmentum From operiō (“to cover, shut”) + -mentum.