omentum Latin · revision 6033

+ {{infobox|confidence=uncertain|attested=Catullus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [oːˈmɛn.tũː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [oˈmɛn.tum]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ōmentum''' ''n'' (genitive ōmentī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ Its origin is uncertain.^(de Vaan 2008) The OLD derives it from *ouimentum, from the root of [[induō]] “to put on”, as Walde and Hofmann did, but de Vaan sees no support for this in the meaning, and *owe-mento- would have given *ūmentum.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008) Ernout and Meillet suspected a borrowing, perhaps from a word like [[xum|umen|t=ointment]], the Sabellic cognate of [[unguen]] “fat, ointment”, from [[ine-pro|*h₃éngʷn̥|t=fat, butter]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Catullus.^(de Vaan 2008) Köbler dates Catullus 81/79 to 52/50 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant the fatty membrane covering the intestines, the caul, and more generally fat, as Persius' sacrificial attendant whose belly shakes with fat, and then the bowels.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Celsus and Pliny the Elder use it in medicine, and Isidore of Seville calls it the membrane the Greeks name ''epíploon''.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Isidore)

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+ In Medieval Latin it was the caul, glossed in Old English.^(DMLBS) [[en|omentum]] is a borrowing of it.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81/79–52/50 BC – Catullus uses it.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 14–37 AD – Celsus uses it in medicine.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 560–636 AD – Isidore of Seville describes it.^(Isidore)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The [[m|en|caul]], the fatty membrane covering the intestines.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Fat.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # The bowels, entrails.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[omentatus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[unguen]]

+ * [[en|omentum]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}