Tela Totius Terrae
Latin
Etymology
A modern neologism and calque of World Wide Web. World is translated as as terra; wide, in the sense of the whole world, as tōtus; web as tēla. The triple alliteration is kept, but in "T" not "W".
Pronunciation
(Classical) IPA(key): /ˈteː.la toːˈtiː.us ˈter.rae̯/, [ˈteː.ɫa toːˈtiː.ʊs ˈtɛr.rae̯]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈte.la toˈti.us ˈter.rɛ/, [ˈteː.la toˈtiː.us ˈter.rɛ]
Proper noun
Tēla Tōtīus Terrae f (genitive Tēlae Tōtīus Terrae); first declension
- (New Latin) World Wide Web.
- From www.grexlat.com
- Latinitas in Tela Totius Terrae.
- Latin on the World Wide Web.
- Latinitas in Tela Totius Terrae.
- From www.grexlat.com
Inflection
See the declension of tēla.
Abbreviations
- TTT