linteum

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Latin

Etymology

From linteus.

Pronunciation

Noun

linteum n (genitive linteī); second declension

  1. linen cloth
  2. (by extension) bedsheet
  3. sail
  4. awning

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative linteum lintea
genitive linteī linteōrum
dative linteō linteīs
accusative linteum lintea
ablative linteō linteīs
vocative linteum lintea

Derived terms

Descendants

Adjective

linteum

  1. inflection of linteus:
    1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
    2. accusative masculine singular

References

  • linteum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • linteum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • linteum 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)
  • linteum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • linteum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers