tosillae
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Latin
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /toːˈsil.lae̯/, [t̪oːˈs̠ɪlːʲäe̯]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /toˈsil.le/, [t̪oˈs̬ilːe]
Noun
[edit]tōsillae f pl (genitive tōsillārum); first declension
- inflection of tōsilla:
- 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
- Is utraque ex parte tosillas attingens palato extremo atque intimo terminatur
Inflection
[edit]First-declension noun, plural only.
Case | Plural |
---|---|
Nominative | tōsillae |
Genitive | tōsillārum |
Dative | tōsillīs |
Accusative | tōsillās |
Ablative | tōsillīs |
Vocative | tōsillae |
References
[edit]- “tosillae”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers