tellus
See also: Tellus
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *telh₂-o- (“ground”), from Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“to bear, carry”).
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Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈtel.luːs/, [ˈt̪ɛlːʲuːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtel.lus/, [ˈt̪ɛlːus]
Noun
tellūs f (genitive tellūris); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | tellūs | tellūrēs |
| Genitive | tellūris | tellūrum |
| Dative | tellūrī | tellūribus |
| Accusative | tellūrem | tellūrēs |
| Ablative | tellūre | tellūribus |
| Vocative | tellūs | tellūrēs |
Synonyms
Derived terms
References
- “tellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “tellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- tellus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- tellus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “tellus”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia[1]
- “tellus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “tellus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN