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語源

First attested in 1777; borrowed from Latin lūnātus (“crescent-shaped”), from lūna (“moon”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

発音

形容詞

lunate (comparative more lunate, superlative most lunate)

1. Shaped like a crescent.

   a lunate beak

名詞

lunate (plural lunates)

1. (archaeology) A small stone artifact, probably an arrowhead, with a blunt straight edge and a sharpened, crescent-shaped back, especially characteristic of the Mesolithic Period. [from 1932]
2. (anatomy) The lunate bone.

派生語

アナグラム

• eluant

参照

• “lunate”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• lunate in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016