tegumen

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Latin

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Etymology

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From tegō (clothe) +‎ -men.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tegumen n (genitive teguminis); third declension

  1. Alternative form of tegimen

Usage notes

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

Declension

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

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tegumen tegumina
Genitive teguminis teguminum
Dative teguminī teguminibus
Accusative tegumen tegumina
Ablative tegumine teguminibus
Vocative tegumen tegumina

References

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  • 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.