velamina

velamina
Plural of velamen.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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  • CILICICIUM — vestis gehus ex hircorum sive caprarum pilis contextum, quae tonsura quod primum in Cilicia instituta, facta inde appellatio est, ut Varro auctor est, l. 2. de R. R. in fine. Usus eorum potissimum in castris, item in navibus. Quo illud virgilii… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • THALAMUS — Graece Θάλαμος, item θαλάμη: quae tamen sic distinguit Ammonius, ut θαλάμαι proprie sint delubra Dioscurorum, imo omnium Deorum interiores cellae, Dearum praeprimis, quae alias καλύβαι, παςοις i. e. velis plumariô opere varieg atis clausae, de… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • velamen — noun (plural velamina) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, covering, from velare to cover, from velum curtain Date: 1882 the thick corky epidermis of aerial roots of an epiphytic orchid that absorbs water from the atmosphere …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • La Damnation de Faust — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Faust (homonymie). La Damnation de Faust op. 24 est une œuvre musicale pour orchestre, solistes et chœur du compositeur français Hector Berlioz, inspirée de Faust de Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Sous titrée… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • velamen — /veuh lay min/, n., pl. velamina / lam euh neuh/. 1. Anat. a membranous covering; velum. 2. Bot. the thick, spongy integument or epidermis covering the aerial roots of epiphytic orchids. [1880 85; < L velamen, equiv. to vela(re) to cover + men n …   Universalium

  • BRANDEUM — vox recentioris aevi pro Zona, fasciâ, cingulo; Πράνδιον, Graecis, ad cuius similitudinem Prandeum quoque occurrit, apud Isidorum in Glossis et Petr. Damianum l. 4. Ep. 14. Proprie vero, velum seu pallam sericam notat linteamque, quâ Sanctorum… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • CAPRINI Pili — in vestium usum adhibiti, olim hodieque. Alicubi enim caprae longiore sunt pilô, et tondentur ut oves, villis eorum varios in usus adhibitis. Sic in Hispania, circa Cynetas, Festus Avienus in ora Marit. Hirtae hîc capellae, et multus incolis… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • CATACLYZA — apud Gregorium Turonens. de Gloriae Confess. l. 2. c. 63. Veruntamen calicem non imminuit, quia cataclyza in ipso fuerant soli data: Cerdae sunt fundus vasis; Carolo vero du Fresne, lapilli solidius vasi inserti, opere inclusoriô et aurifabrili.… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • CENTO — cum cilicio, confunditur Servio ad haec Virgiliana, l. 3. Georg. v. 312. Setasque comantes Castrorum in morem et miseris velamina nautis. Ait enim, quia de ciliciis poliuntur loricae et tegumtur tabulaeta turrium, ne iactis facibus ignis possit… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

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