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English
Etymology
From Latin lūnātus (“crescent-shaped”), from lūna (“moon”).
Adjective
lunate (comparative more lunate, superlative most lunate)
- Shaped like a crescent.
a lunate beak
Noun
lunate (plural lunates)
- (archaeology) A small stone artifact, probably an arrowhead, with a blunt straight edge and a sharpened, crescent-shaped back, especially characteristic of the Mesolithic Period
- (anatomy) The lunate bone
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Italian
Adjective
lunate
- feminine plural of lunato
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Latin
Verb
lūnāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of lūnō
References
- lunate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- lunate in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016