Tellus
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin tellus (“Earth, globe, world”), from Proto-Italic *telnos, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *telnos ~ *telnes-, from *telh₂- (“flat ground”), but reshaped after rūs. Otherwise, could derive from Etruscan 𐌕𐌖𐌋𐌀𐌓 (tular, “earth”).
Proper noun
[edit]Tellus
- (Roman mythology) The goddess of the Earth in Roman mythology.
- Synonym: Terra
- 1687, John Aubrey, Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme, page 37:
- Perhaps the Custome of the Beggars, throwing the remainder of drinke out of the Dish on the Ground, may be derived from an Ethnick sacrifice to Tellus.
- 1992, Robert Harris, Fatherland, London: Hutchinson, →ISBN, page 27:
- Now they could see what the guide was telling them: that the pillars supporting the frontage were of red granite, mined in Sweden, flanked at either end by golden statues of Atlas and Tellus, bearing on their shoulders spheres depicting the heavens and the earth.
- (literary, now chiefly science fiction) The planet Earth.
- 1958, Edward E[lmer] Smith, The Skylark of Space, revised edition, Pyramid Books, page 121:
- "Greetings, oh guests from Tellus! I feel more like myself, now that I am again in my trappings and have my weapons at my side." He attached a timepiece to the wrist of each of the guests, with a bracelet of the blue metal. "Will you accompany me to fourth-meal or aren't you hungry?"
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “Tellus”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- “Tellus, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2001–2024), “Tellus, n.”, in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction.
Further reading
[edit]Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin Tellūs.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Tellus
Declension
[edit]Inflection of Tellus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Tellus | — | |
genitive | Telluksen | — | |
partitive | Tellusta | — | |
illative | Tellukseen | — | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Tellus | — | |
accusative | nom. | Tellus | — |
gen. | Telluksen | ||
genitive | Telluksen | — | |
partitive | Tellusta | — | |
inessive | Telluksessa | — | |
elative | Telluksesta | — | |
illative | Tellukseen | — | |
adessive | Telluksella | — | |
ablative | Tellukselta | — | |
allative | Tellukselle | — | |
essive | Telluksena | — | |
translative | Tellukseksi | — | |
abessive | Telluksetta | — | |
instructive | — | — | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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See also
[edit]Solar System in Finnish · Aurinkokunta (layout · text) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Star | Aurinko | |||||||||||||||||
IAU planets and notable dwarf planets |
Merkurius | Venus | Maa (Tellus) | Mars | Ceres | Jupiter | Saturnus | Uranus | Neptunus | Pluto | Eris | |||||||
Notable moons |
— | — | Kuu | Phobos Deimos |
— | Io Europa Ganymedes Kallisto |
Mimas Enceladus Tethys Dione Rhea Titan Japetus |
Miranda Ariel Umbriel Titania Oberon |
Triton | Kharon | Dysnomia |
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]A personification of tellūs; see there for more.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈtel.luːs/, [ˈt̪ɛlːʲuːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtel.lus/, [ˈt̪ɛlːus]
Noun
[edit]Tellūs f sg (genitive Tellūris); third declension
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Tellūs |
Genitive | Tellūris |
Dative | Tellūrī |
Accusative | Tellūrem |
Ablative | Tellūre |
Vocative | Tellūs |
Descendants
[edit]Norwegian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Tellus
References
[edit]- “Tellus” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *telh₂- (ground)
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- English terms derived from Etruscan
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- fi:Astronomy
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