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Latin
Etymology
From līnea (“line”).
Pronunciation
Noun
līneāmentum n (genitive līneāmentī); second declension
- (that is drawn) a mark, line, stroke
- (in the plural) features, lineaments
- (in the plural) drawings, designs, delineations
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Descendants
References
- “lineamentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “lineamentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- lineamentum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- lineamentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- lineamentum in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016