lōmentum, ī, n. (lavo), I) ein Waschmittel, eine aus Bohnenmehl u. Reis geknetete Masse, mit der die röm. Damen die Haut zu glätten suchten, Plin. 18, 117. Mart. 3, 42, 1. Pallad. 11, 14, 9. Corp. inscr. Lat. 4, 2597: übtr., censuram lomentum aut nitrum esse, sei eine Art Waschmittel oder Lauge, Cael. in Cic. ep. 8, 14, 4. – II) übtr., eine blaue Farbe, Eschel, Plin. 33, 162. – Nbf. lūmentum, Schol. Iuven. 6, 511.
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Lomentum — (Gliederhülse, Bot.), eine Hülsenfrucht, welche durch Querscheidewände od. Einschnürungen in Glieder getheilt ist … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Lomentum — (lat.), Bruch , Gliederfrucht, s. Frucht … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
LOMENTUM — Epigraphe Mart. l. 14. Apoh. Epigr. 60. Gratum munus erit, scisso nec inutile ventri, Si clarâ Stephani balnea luce petes: κυάμινο ἄλευρον est Graecis, i. e. fabacea ferina, uti docet Plin. l. 18. c. 12. ubi vide Notas Dalechampii. Eius illitu… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
lomentum — noun see loment * * * lomentum /lō menˈtəm/ (botany) noun (pl lomentˈa) A pod that breaks in pieces at constrictions between the seeds (also lōˈment / mənt/) ORIGIN: L lōmentum bean meal (used as a cosmetic), from lavāre, lōtum to wash • • •… … Useful english dictionary
Lomentum — Lo|men|tum das; s, ...ta <aus gleichbed. lat. lomentum zu lavare »waschen«> (veraltet) [kosmetisches] Waschmittel … Das große Fremdwörterbuch
lomentum — lo·men·tum … English syllables
lomentum — /loʊˈmɛntəm/ (say loh mentuhm) noun (plural lomenta /loʊˈmɛntə/ (say loh mentuh)) a dry fruit derived from one carpel which breaks up transversely into one seeded segments at maturity. {Latin} …
lo|ment — «LOH mehnt», noun. Botany. a leguminous fruit which is contracted in the spaces between the seeds, breaking up when mature into one seeded segments, as in the tick trefoil. ╂[Middle English lomente bean meal < Latin lōmentum; see etym. under… … Useful english dictionary
Loment — Lo ment, n. [L. lomentum a mixture of bean meal and rice, used as a cosmetic wash, bean meal, fr. lavare, lotum, to wash.] (Bot.) An elongated pod, consisting, like the legume, of two valves, but divided transversely into small cells, each… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
loment — noun Etymology: New Latin lomentum, from Latin, wash made from bean meal, from lavere to wash more at lye Date: circa 1830 a dry indehiscent fruit (as of tick trefoil) that is a modified legume having constrictions between the seeds and that… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Hedysarum — Taxobox name = Hedysarum image width = 200px image caption = Hedysarum coronarium regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Fabales familia = Fabaceae subfamilia = Faboideae tribus = Hedysareae genus = Hedysarum… … Wikipedia
