litura
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]litura (plural liturae)
- (zoology) A spot growing paler at one end.
Related terms
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[edit]Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]litūra f (genitive litūrae); first declension
- smearing, anointing
- blotting out, erasure, correction
- smear, smudge, blot
- alteration
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | litūra | litūrae |
| genitive | litūrae | litūrārum |
| dative | litūrae | litūrīs |
| accusative | litūram | litūrās |
| ablative | litūrā | litūrīs |
| vocative | litūra | litūrae |
References
[edit]- “litura”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “litura”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "litura", 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)
- litura in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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