protelum

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Latin

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Etymology

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From earlier *prōtenslom, form the Indo-European root *ten- (stretch, extend).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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prōtēlum n (genitive prōtēlī); second declension

  1. a towrope by which oxen were harnessed to the plough in a row

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative prōtēlum prōtēla
Genitive prōtēlī prōtēlōrum
Dative prōtēlō prōtēlīs
Accusative prōtēlum prōtēla
Ablative prōtēlō prōtēlīs
Vocative prōtēlum prōtēla

Derived terms

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References

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  • protelum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • protelum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • protelum in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
  1. ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “prōtēlum”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 376