tellus
See also: Tellus
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *telh₂-o- (“ground”), from Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“to bear, carry”).
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Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtel.luːs/, [ˈtɛl.luːs]
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | tellūs | tellūrēs |
| Genitive | tellūris | tellūrum |
| Dative | tellūrī | tellūribus |
| Accusative | tellūrem | tellūrēs |
| Ablative | tellūre | tellūribus |
| Vocative | tellūs | tellūrēs |
Synonyms
Derived terms
- meditullium
- pede tellūrem pulsō
- tellūrium
- tellūster
References
- tellus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- tellus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- tellus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- tellus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- tellus in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
- tellus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- tellus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill
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