tosillae

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /toːˈsil.lae̯/, [t̪oːˈs̠ɪlːʲäe̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /toˈsil.le/, [t̪oˈs̬ilːe]

Noun

tōsillae f pl (genitive tōsillārum); first declension

1. inflection of tōsilla:
   1. genitive/dative singular
   2. nominative/vocative plural
2. Contraction of tōnsillae.
   • 45 BCE, Cicero, De Natura Deorum 2.135:

     Is utraque ex parte tosillas attingens palato extremo atque intimo terminatur

     It [The gullet] is adjacent to the tonsils on either side of it, and reaches as far as the back or innermost part of the palate

Inflection

First-declension noun, plural only.

	plural
nominative	tōsillae
genitive	tōsillārum
dative	tōsillīs
accusative	tōsillās
ablative	tōsillīs
vocative	tōsillae

References

• “tosillae”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers