clitellae
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *kleitrela, diminutive of *kleitrā, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱléy-treh₂ (“shelter, covering”), from *ḱley- (“to shelter, cover”) + *-treh₂.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kliːˈtel.lae̯/, [kliːˈtɛl.lae̯]
Noun
clītellae f pl (genitive clītellārum); first declension (plural only)
- packsaddle
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | Plural |
|---|---|
| Nominative | clītellae |
| Genitive | clītellārum |
| Dative | clītellīs |
| Accusative | clītellās |
| Ablative | clītellīs |
| Vocative | clītellae |
Noun
clītellae
- nominative plural of clītella
- genitive singular of clītella
- dative singular of clītella
- vocative plural of clītella
References
- clitellae in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- clitellae in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- clitellae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- clitellae in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- clitellae in Samuel Ball Platner (1929), Thomas Ashby, editor, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, London: Oxford University Press
- clitellae in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
- Walde, Alois; Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938), “clitellae”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume I, 3rd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 236