protelum

Latin

Etymology

From earlier *prōtenslom, form the Indo-European root *ten- (“stretch, extend”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /proːˈteː.lum/, [proːˈt̪eːɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /proˈte.lum/, [proˈt̪ɛːlum]

Noun

prōtēlum n (genitive prōtēlī); second declension

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

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	prōtēlum	prōtēla
genitive	prōtēlī	prōtēlōrum
dative	prōtēlō	prōtēlīs
accusative	prōtēlum	prōtēla
ablative	prōtēlō	prōtēlīs
vocative	prōtēlum	prōtēla

Derived terms

• prōtēlō

References

• “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