pellitus
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From pellis (“hide, pelt, skin”) + -ītus.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pelˈliː.tus/, [pɛlˈlʲiːt̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pelˈli.tus/, [pelˈliːt̪us]
Adjective[edit]
pellītus (feminine pellīta, neuter pellītum); first/second-declension adjective
- clad in skins or furs
- ovēs pellītae ― sheep with very fine wool (protected by a covering of skins)
- testēs pellītī ― the witnesses from Sardinia, where skins were used for clothing
Declension[edit]
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | pellītus | pellīta | pellītum | pellītī | pellītae | pellīta | |
| Genitive | pellītī | pellītae | pellītī | pellītōrum | pellītārum | pellītōrum | |
| Dative | pellītō | pellītō | pellītīs | ||||
| Accusative | pellītum | pellītam | pellītum | pellītōs | pellītās | pellīta | |
| Ablative | pellītō | pellītā | pellītō | pellītīs | |||
| Vocative | pellīte | pellīta | pellītum | pellītī | pellītae | pellīta | |
References[edit]
- “pellitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- pellitus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.