pellitus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From pellis (“hide, pelt, skin”) + -ītus.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /pelˈliː.tus/, [pɛlˈlʲiːt̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pelˈli.tus/, [pelˈliːt̪us]
Adjective
[edit]pellītus (feminine pellīta, neuter pellītum); first/second-declension adjective
- clad in skins or furs
- ovēs pellītae ― sheep with very fine wool (protected by a covering of skins)
- testēs pellītī ― the witnesses from Sardinia, where skins were used for clothing
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | pellītus | pellīta | pellītum | pellītī | pellītae | pellīta | |
| genitive | pellītī | pellītae | pellītī | pellītōrum | pellītārum | pellītōrum | |
| dative | pellītō | pellītae | pellītō | pellītīs | |||
| accusative | pellītum | pellītam | pellītum | pellītōs | pellītās | pellīta | |
| ablative | pellītō | pellītā | pellītō | pellītīs | |||
| vocative | pellīte | pellīta | pellītum | pellītī | pellītae | pellīta | |
References
[edit]- “pellitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- pellitus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.