tegumen

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Latin

Etymology

From tegō (“clothe”) +‎ -men.

Pronunciation

Noun

tegumen n (genitive teguminis); third declension

  1. Alternative form of tegimen

Usage notes

In the oblique cases the stem is usually as for tegmen though the following oblique inflections are also found.

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

singular plural
nominative tegumen tegumina
genitive teguminis teguminum
dative teguminī teguminibus
accusative tegumen tegumina
ablative tegumine teguminibus
vocative tegumen tegumina

References

  • “tegumen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “tegumen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tegumen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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