ōmentum
i, n.
I.
the fat-skin, adipose membrane; fat, esp. in men (post-Aug.).
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen.: ast illi tremat omento popa venter, Pers. 6, 74.—
B.
In partic.
1.
The membrane which encloses the bowels, the caul, Cels. 4, 1; Plin. 11, 37, 80, § 204.—
2.
The bowels, Pers. 2, 47: porci, Juv. 13. 116.—
II.
Transf., any skin which envelops an internal part of the body, a membrane, Macr. S. 7, 9; of the meninges, id. ib. 7, 9.