LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neuterthird declension

vēlāmen

vēlāmen n (genitive vēlāminis)
Classical[weːˈɫaː.mɛn]Ecclesiastical[veˈlaː.men]

Meaning

  1. cover, covering
  2. clothing, robe, garment
  3. veil

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

vestis, quod corpus vēlat
vēlāmen -inis (n) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 7, 18, 23

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativevēlāmenvēlāmina
genitivevēlāminisvēlāminum
dativevēlāminīvēlāminibus
accusativevēlāmenvēlāmina
ablativevēlāminevēlāminibus
vocativevēlāmenvēlāmina

vēlāmen, ĭnis, n. velo,
I. a cover, covering, clothing, robe, garment, veil (poet. and in post-Aug. prose), Verg. A. 1, 649; 6, 221; Ov. M. 6, 566; id. F. 4, 147; 6, 579; id. A. A. 3, 267; Juv. 3, 178; Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 11, 2; Tac. G. 17.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*weg-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wegslomder.?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*weǵʰ-der.?
  4. Proto-Italic*wekslom
  5. Latinvēlāmen

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin vēlō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Italic *-mn̥ Latin -men Latin vēlāmen From vēlō (“to cover, wrap”) + -men (noun-forming suffix).

Descendants
  • Italianvelame
  • Englishvelamen
  • Spanishvelamen

In English words that came into English from vēlāmen

  • velamenvēlāmen

Quick answers

What does vēlāmen mean in Latin?
vēlāmen, a noun, means “cover, covering; clothing, robe, garment; veil”.
What is the genitive of vēlāmen?
The genitive singular is vēlāminis. vēlāmen is neuter, third declension.
How do you pronounce vēlāmen?
In classical Latin, [weːˈɫaː.mɛn]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [veˈlaː.men].
Where does vēlāmen come from?
Proto-Indo-European *weg- → Proto-Indo-European *wegslomder.? → Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-der.? → Proto-Italic *wekslom → Latin vēlāmen.