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ōmentum (noun N) :
* The fat-skin, adipose membrane; fat, esp. in men (post-Aug.).
* Lit.
* In gen.: ast illi tremat omento popa venter,Pers. 6, 74.
* Transf., any skin which envelops an internal part of the body, a membrane, Macr. S. 7, 9; of the meninges, id. ib. 7, 9.
* The membrane which encloses the bowels, the caul, Cels. 4, 1; Plin. 11, 37, 80, § 204.
* The bowels, Pers. 2, 47: porci,Juv. 13. 116.
* The fat-skin, adipose membrane; fat, esp. in men (post-Aug.).
* Lit.
* In gen.: ast illi tremat omento popa venter,Pers. 6, 74.
* Transf., any skin which envelops an internal part of the body, a membrane, Macr. S. 7, 9; of the meninges, id. ib. 7, 9.
* The membrane which encloses the bowels, the caul, Cels. 4, 1; Plin. 11, 37, 80, § 204.
* The bowels, Pers. 2, 47: porci,Juv. 13. 116.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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