talutium

Latin

Alternative forms

• talutatium

Etymology

Maybe from Celtic/Gaulish; compare Proto-Celtic *talamū (“earth”). Compare alutiae.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /taˈlu.ti.um/, [t̪äˈɫ̪ʊt̪iʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /taˈlut.t͡si.um/, [t̪äˈlut̪ː͡s̪ium]

Noun

talutium n (genitive talutiī or talutī); second declension

1. (mineralogy) The superficial indication of the presence of gold under the earth

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	talutium	talutia
genitive	talutiī talutī1	talutiōrum
dative	talutiō	talutiīs
accusative	talutium	talutia
ablative	talutiō	talutiīs
vocative	talutium	talutia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

• talutium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “talutatium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press