laena

See also: læna

Estonian

Noun

laena

1. essive singular of lagi

Latin

Etymology

Possibly from Etruscan, from Ancient Greek χλαῖνᾰ (khlaînă, “cloak, wrapper”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɫae̯.na]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈlɛː.na]

Noun

laena f (genitive laenae); first declension

1. a thick, often richly decorated woolen cloak worn over a toga or pallium, usually fastened by a pin

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	laena	laenae
genitive	laenae	laenārum
dative	laenae	laenīs
accusative	laenam	laenās
ablative	laenā	laenīs
vocative	laena	laenae

Descendants

• → Portuguese: lena

References

• “laena”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “laena”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "laena", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “laena”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “laena”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “laena”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin