satelles
Latin
Etymology
Three possibilities are:
- From Old Latin *satro- (“enough, full”) + *leyt- (“to let go”), perhaps comparable to Proto-Germanic *fulgāną (English follow), which might be composed of roots with similar meaning.
- From Etruscan 𐌆𐌀𐌕𐌋𐌀𐌈 (zatlaθ) "follower, guard", maybe connected with camunian zaθalas and zaθaú "stability" [1].
- From Old Latin *satellus, diminutive of *satḗr (“the possessor”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tek- (“to receive, obtain”) (whence also Ancient Greek κτάομαι (ktáomai) and Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎱𐎠𐎺𐎠 (x-š-ç-p-a-v-a /xšaçapāvā/)).[2].
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /saˈtel.les/, [s̠äˈt̪ɛlːʲɛs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /saˈtel.les/, [säˈt̪ɛlːes]
Noun
satelles m or f (genitive satellitis); third declension
- attendant, guard, bodyguard
- 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.
- tibi apparuit inter Seianianos satellites mortem unam patere servitutis fugam.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| 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
- Portuguese: satélite
- Spanish: satélite
- Swedish: satellit
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
- satelles 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)
- satelles in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Woudhuizen, Etruscan as a Colonial Luwian Language
- H. Blanchet, Trois modes de dénomination du divin dans les panthéons indo-européens