altellus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]See the quotation.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /alˈtel.lus/, [äɫ̪ˈt̪ɛlːʲʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /alˈtel.lus/, [äl̪ˈt̪ɛlːus]
Noun
[edit]altellus m (genitive altellī); second declension (hapax legomenon)
- an epithet or perhaps cognomen of Romulus
- 1839 [8th century CE], Paulus Diaconus, edited by Karl Otfried Müller, Excerpta ex libris Pompeii Festi De significatione verborum, page 7, line 10:
- Altellus Rōmulus dīcēbātur, quasi altus in tellūre, vel quod tellūrem suam aleret; sīve quod alerētur tēlīs; vel quod ā Tatiō Sabīnōrum rēge postulātus sit in colloquiō pācis, et alternīs vicibus audierit locūtusque fuerit. Sīcut enim fit dīminūtīve ā macrō macellus, a vafrō vafellus, ita ab alternō altellus.
- Altellus was Romulus called, as if 'high in the land', or because he nourished his land; or because he was nourished by weapons; or because he was summoned by Tatius for peace talks, and he listened and spoke by turns [alternīs vicibus]. For in the same way the diminutive macellus is derived from macer and vafellus from vafer, so altellus from alternus.
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | altellus | altellī |
| genitive | altellī | altellōrum |
| dative | altellō | altellīs |
| accusative | altellum | altellōs |
| ablative | altellō | altellīs |
| vocative | altelle | altellī |
References
[edit]- “altellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- altellus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.