tonsillae

Latin

Alternative forms
  • tōsillae

Etymology

Uncertain, said to be from Proto-Italic *tonslis, from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, to extend”). Cognate with Latin tōlēs.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /tonˈsil.lae̯/, [tõːˈsɪl.lae̯]

Noun

tōnsillae f (genitive tōnsillārum); first declension

  1. tonsils

Inflection

First declension.

Case Plural
Nominative tōnsillae
Genitive tōnsillārum
Dative tōnsillīs
Accusative tōnsillās
Ablative tōnsillīs
Vocative tōnsillae

References
  • Ernout, Alfred; Meillet, Antoine (2001), “tonsillae”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots (in French), with additions and corrections of André J., 4th edition, Paris: Klincksieck, page 693
  • tonsillae in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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