ōmentum, i, n., 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.