lineamentum

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

līneāmentum (līniā-) ī, n

linea, a line, stroke, mark : in geometriā lineamenta, formae, etc.: liniamentum, longitudo latitudine carens.— A feature, lineament : conformatio liniamentorum: habitum oris lineamentaque intueri, L.: animi liniamenta sunt pulchriora quam corporis.—Plur, designs, drawings, delineations : adumbratorum deorum.—Fig., a feature, lineament : numerus quasi extrema liniamenta orationi attulit, finish : Catonis liniamenta, outlines .