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

• capitolunate
• lunate bone
• lunated
• lunately
• lunate sigma
• perilunate
• postlunate
• prelunate
• radiolunate
• scapholunate
• semilunate
• sublunate

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 (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016