tegumen

== Latin == === Etymology === From tegō (“clothe”) +‎ -men. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtɛ.ɡʊ.mɛn] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtɛː.ɡu.men] === Noun === tegumen n (genitive teguminis); third declension 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). === 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.