talitrum

Latin

Etymology

From tāl(us) (“knucklebone”) +‎ -trum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtaː.li.trum/, [ˈt̪äːlʲɪt̪rʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈta.li.trum/, [ˈt̪äːlit̪rum]

Noun

tālitrum n (genitive tālitrī); second declension

1. a rap or flick with the finger.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	tālitrum	tālitra
genitive	tālitrī	tālitrōrum
dative	tālitrō	tālitrīs
accusative	tālitrum	tālitra
ablative	tālitrō	tālitrīs
vocative	tālitrum	tālitra

References

• “talitrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• talitrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.