tomentum

== English == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɛntəm === Noun === tomentum (plural tomenta) (botany) A mass of filamentous hairs on the leaf of a plant. (zoology) A covering of fine, soft hairs; a pubescence. (anatomy) A network of fine blood vessels between the pia mater and the cerebral cortex. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *towamentom, from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”) + -mentum. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [toːˈmɛn.tũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [toˈmɛn.tum] === Noun === tōmentum n (genitive tōmentī); second declension stuffing (for pillows, mattresses etc) ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: toment English: tomentum Galician: tomento Italian: tomento Portuguese: tomento Spanish: tomento === References === “tomentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “tomentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “tomentum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN