English

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.

Derived terms

• lunated
• lunate bone

Anagrams

• eluant

Italian

Adjective

lunate

1. feminine plural of lunato

Anagrams

• talune

Latin

Verb

lūnāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of lūnō

References

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