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Tegmen
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Teg′men
,Noun.
pl.
Tegmina
(#)
. [L., fr.
tegere
, tectum
, to cover.] 1.
A tegument or covering.
2.
(Bot.)
The inner layer of the coating of a seed, usually thin and delicate; the endopleura.
3.
(Zool.)
One of the elytra of an insect, especially of certain Orthoptera.
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tegmen
tegmen
See also: teğmen
Latin
Etymology
From tegō (“I cover”) + -men (noun-forming suffix).
Noun
tegmen n (genitive tegminis); third declension
- Alternative form of tegimen
Inflection
Third declension neuter.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | tegmen | tegmina |
| genitive | tegminis | tegminum |
| dative | tegminī | tegminibus |
| accusative | tegmen | tegmina |
| ablative | tegmine | tegminibus |
| vocative | tegmen | tegmina |
Related terms
References
- tegmen in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “tegmen”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.