conopeum

English

Noun

conopeum (plural conopea)

  1. A thin flap of silica on the external valve face of a diatom

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κωνωπεῖον (kōnōpeîon) (konopeion).

Noun

cōnōpēum n (genitive cōnōpēī); second declension

  1. mosquito net
  2. canopy

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative cōnōpēum cōnōpēa
genitive cōnōpēī cōnōpēōrum
dative cōnōpēō cōnōpēīs
accusative cōnōpēum cōnōpēa
ablative cōnōpēō cōnōpēīs
vocative cōnōpēum cōnōpēa

Descendants

References

  • conopeum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • conopeum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • conopeum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • conopeum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • conopeum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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