noun · neutersecond declension
vēlāmentum
vēlāmentum n (genitive vēlāmentī)
Meaning
- covering
- screen
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | vēlāmentum | vēlāmenta |
| genitive | vēlāmentī | vēlāmentōrum |
| dative | vēlāmentō | vēlāmentīs |
| accusative | vēlāmentum | vēlāmenta |
| ablative | vēlāmentō | vēlāmentīs |
| vocative | vēlāmentum | vēlāmenta |
vēlāmentum, i, n. id.,
I. a cover, covering.
I. Lit
A. Infantis, Cels. 7, 29 fin.:
estque id aliquanto melius velamentum cerebro quam caro, id. 8, 4; cf. id. 7, 18.— * B. A veil, curtain, = velum, Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 15, 2.—
C. Velamenta, olive-branches wound about with woollen fillets, or rods wound about in like manner, which suppliants bore before them:
velamenta manu praetendens supplice, Ov. M. 11, 279: ramos oleae ac velamenta alia supplicum porrigentes orare, ut reciperent sese, Liv. 24, 30, 14 Weissenb. ad loc.; 25, 25, 6; 30, 36, 5; 36, 20, 1; cf. id. 29, 16, 6. velamenta et infulas praeferentes, Tac. H. 1, 66; v. velo, I. fin.—II. Trop., a cover, concealment, screen:
quaerentes libidinibus suis patrocinium aliquid seu velamentum, Sen. Vit. Beat. 12, 4: pudoris, Lampr. Elag. 11: ami citiae, pretence, Amm. 19, 11, 4.Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*weg-
- Proto-Indo-European*wegslomder.?
- Proto-Indo-European*weǵʰ-der.?
- Proto-Italic*wekslom
- Latinvēlāmentum
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-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Latin vēlāmentum From vēlō (“to cover, veil, conceal”) + -mentum.
In English words that came into English from vēlāmentum
- velamentumvēlāmentum
- velamentousvēlāmentum