clitellae

Latin

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From Proto-Italic *kleitrela, diminutive of *kleitrā, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱléy-treh₂ (“shelter, covering”), from *ḱley- (“to shelter, cover”) +‎ *-treh₂.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kliːˈtel.lae̯/, [klʲiːˈt̪ɛlːʲäe̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kliˈtel.le/, [kliˈt̪ɛlːe]

Noun

clītellae f pl (genitive clītellārum); first declension (plural only)

1. packsaddle

Declension

First-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	clītellae
Genitive	clītellārum
Dative	clītellīs
Accusative	clītellās
Ablative	clītellīs
Vocative	clītellae

Noun

(deprecated template usage) clītellae

1. nominative plural of clītella
2. genitive singular of clītella
3. dative singular of clītella
4. vocative plural of clītella

References

• “clitellae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “clitellae”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• clitellae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “clitellae”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “clitellae”, in Samuel Ball Platner (1929) Thomas Ashby, editor, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, London: Oxford University Press
• “clitellae”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin