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amento (accusative singular amenton, plural amentoj, accusative plural amentojn)

  1. (botany) amentum, catkin (type of inflorescence)
    • Sergio Pokrovskij (translator), La Majstro kaj Margarita (The Master and Margarita) by Mikhail Bulgakov, Book 2, Chapter 21,
      Sub la salikoj, sub ties branĉoj prezentantaj delikatajn, lanugajn amentojn klare videblajn en la lunlumo, dikmuzelaj ranoj sidis en du vicoj
      Under the willow branches, hung with tender, fluffy tassels clearly visible in the moonlight, sat two rows of fat-jowled frogs. (Mirra Ginsburg translation, Grove, 1995)

amento

  1. first-person singular present indicative of amentar

From Latin āmentum.

amento m (plural amenti)

  1. (botany) ear, spike (the fruiting body of a grain plant)
    Synonym: infiorescenza a spiga

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin āmentō

From āmentum (“strap, thong”) + -ō.

āmentō (present infinitive āmentāre, perfect active āmentāvī, supine āmentātum); first conjugation

  1. to furnish with a strap or thong
  2. to hurl, dart or speed on something by using or as if by using a thong

From Latin āmentum.

amento m (plural amentos)

  1. (botany) catkin (botany: a type of inflorescence)
    Synonym: amentilho

Borrowed from Latin āmentum.

amento m (plural amentos)

  1. catkin