pellis

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to cover, wrap; skin, hide; cloth”). Cognate with Ancient Greek πέλμα (pélma, “sole of the foot”), Old English fell (“fell, skin, hide; garment of skin”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpel.lis/, [ˈpɛl.lɪs]

Noun

pellis f (genitive pellis); third declension

(anatomy) pelt, hide, animal skin
(mycology) the outside of a sporocarp
(military) a tent for soldiers

Inflection

Third declension i-stem.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pellis	pellēs
Genitive	pellis	pellium
Dative	pellī	pellibus
Accusative	pellem	pellēs
Ablative	pelle	pellibus
Vocative	pellis	pellēs

Derived terms

Descendants

Aromanian: cheali
Asturian: piel
Catalan: pell
Dalmatian: pial
English: pelt
French: peau
Friulian: piel
Italian: pelle
Norman: péliche (Jersey)
Occitan: pèl

Old Irish: pell
- Irish: peall
- Scottish Gaelic: peall
Portuguese: pele
Romanian: piele
Romansch: pel
Sardinian: pedhe
Sicilian: peddi
Spanish: piel
Venetian: pełe

References

pellis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
pellis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
pellis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
pellis in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
pellis in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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