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pellis

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Latin

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Pellis Didelphidis virginianae.

Etymology

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    From Proto-Italic *pelnis, from Proto-Indo-European *pel-ni-s (“to cover, wrap; skin, hide; cloth”), from *pel- (“to cover, wrap; skin, hide; cloth”). Cognate with Ancient Greek πέλμᾰ (pélmă, “sole of the foot”), Old English fell (“fell, skin, hide; garment of skin”),[1] likely with English pelt (“skin of an animal”) as well. [2]

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    pellis f (genitive pellis); third declension

    1. (live) animal skin; pelt, fell, hide; leather
      Synonyms: corium, scortum; alūta
      1. (poetic) human skin
        Synonym: cutis
    2. (transferred sense)
      1. (clothing) a garment, article of clothing made of skin
      2. (military) a tent for soldiers (they were covered with skins)
        Hypernyms: tabernāculum, tentōrium
      3. a parchment
        Synonym: membrāna
      4. (music) a drum
        Synonym: tympanum
      5. (mycology, New Latin) a thin peelable film covering the outside of a sporocarp
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    Inflection

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    Third-declension noun (i-stem).

    singular plural
    nominative pellis pellēs
    genitive pellis pellium
    dative pellī pellibus
    accusative pellem pellēs
    pellīs
    ablative pelle pellibus
    vocative pellis pellēs

    Derived terms

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    Descendants

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    • Balkan Romance:
      • Aromanian: cheali
      • Romanian: piele
    • Dalmatian:
    • Italo-Romance:
    • Insular Romance:
    • North Italian:
    • Gallo-Romance:
    • Occitano-Romance:
    • Ibero-Romance:
    • Borrowings:

    References

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    1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “pellis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 455
    2. ^ “pelt, noun.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

    Further reading

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