ōmentum
ōmentum, i, n., the fat-skin, adipose membrane; fat, esp. in men (post-Aug.). Lit. In gen.: ast illi tremat omento popa venter, Pers. 6, 74.— In partic. 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.— Transf., any skin which envelops an internal part of the body, a membrane, Macr. S. 7, 9; of the meninges, id. ib. 7, 9.
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ōmentum
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omentum
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ōmentum, i, n., the fat-skin, adipose membrane; fat, esp. in men (post-Aug.). Lit. In gen.: ast illi tremat omento popa venter, Pers. 6, 74.— In partic. 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.— Transf., any skin which envelops an internal part of the body, a membrane, Macr. S. 7, 9; of the meninges, id. ib. 7, 9.
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