lunate

English

Etymology

From Latin lūnātus (“crescent-shaped”), from lūna (“moon”).

Adjective

lunate (comparative more lunate, superlative most lunate)

1. Shaped like a crescent.

   a lunate beak

Noun

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
2. (anatomy) The lunate bone

Derived terms

• lunated
• lunate bone
• lunate sigma

Anagrams

• eluant

Italian

Adjective

lunate

1. feminine plural of lunato

Anagrams

• lanute, talune

Latin

Verb

lūnāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of lūnō

References

• lunate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• lunate in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016