tholus

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin tholus (dome, rotunda). Doublet of tholos.

Noun

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tholus (plural tholi)

  1. (astronomy, geology) A small domical mountain or hill.
    Hecates Tholus is a Martian volcano.
  2. A round building, dome, or cupola.
    Synonym: thole
  3. (lichenology) Part of the apical structure of the asci of some lichen species.

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek θόλος (thólos).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tholus m (genitive tholī); second declension

  1. dome, cupola, rotunda

Declension

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Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tholus tholī
Genitive tholī tholōrum
Dative tholō tholīs
Accusative tholum tholōs
Ablative tholō tholīs
Vocative thole tholī

References

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  • tholus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • tholus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tholus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • tholus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • tholus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tholus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin