satelles

Latin

Etymology

Two possibilities are:

• From Old Latin *satro- (“enough, full”) + *leyt- (“to let go”), akin to English follow, which might be composed of similar roots.
• From Etruscan 𐌔𐌀𐌕𐌍𐌋 (satnl).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /saˈtel.les/, [saˈtɛl.lɛs]

Noun

satelles m, f (genitive satellitis); third declension

1. attendant, guard
2. accomplice, follower

   tibi apparuit inter Seianianos satellites mortem unam patere servitutis fugam.

   It was clear to you that, surrounded as he was by the followers of Sejanus, death was the only way to escape from slavery.

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	satelles	satellitēs
genitive	satellitis	satellitum
dative	satellitī	satellitibus
accusative	satellitem	satellitēs
ablative	satellite	satellitibus
vocative	satelles	satellitēs

Descendants

• French: satellite
• Italian: satellite
• Spanish: satélite

References

• satelles in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• satelles in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• du Cange, Charles (1883), “satelles”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
• “satelles” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)