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"word": "meditullium"
},
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"word": "pede tellūrem pulsō"
},
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"word": "tellūrium"
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"3": "𐌕𐌖𐌋𐌀𐌓",
"t": "earth"
},
"expansion": "Etruscan 𐌕𐌖𐌋𐌀𐌓 (tular, “earth”)",
"name": "bor"
}
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"etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *telnos, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *telnos ~ *telnes-, from *telh₂- (“flat ground”), but reshaped after rūs. Otherwise, could derive from Etruscan 𐌕𐌖𐌋𐌀𐌓 (tular, “earth”).",
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]
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},
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"source": "declension",
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},
{
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"source": "declension",
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]
},
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"source": "declension",
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"source": "declension",
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],
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[
"soil",
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]
],
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},
{
"word": "solum"
},
{
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}
],
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},
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{
"english": "The ancient world did not have skilled farmers.\n(Other possible translations include “soil” or “country”.)",
"ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 2.515",
"text": "nōn habuit doctōs tellūs antīqua colōnōs"
},
{
"english": "No Titan [Sun] as yet provided light to the world, nor did Phoebe [the Moon] repair new horns in waxing, nor did the Earth hang in the surrounding air, balanced by its own weights, nor had Amphitrite [the sea] stretched her arms down the far borders of the lands; […]",
"ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 1.10–14",
"text": "Nūllus adhūc mundō praebēbat lūmina Tītān,\nnec nova crēscendō reparābat cornua Phoebē,\nnec circumfūsō pendēbat in āere tellūs\nponderibus lībrāta suīs, nec bracchia longō\nmargine terrārum porrēxerat Amphītrītē; […]"
}
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},
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
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"Entry maintenance"
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
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{
"english": "Almost beyond sight of the land of Sicily, upon the deep [sea]\nOr: On the deep [sea], [with] Sicilian land [being] scarcely out of sight",
"ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.34",
"text": "Vix ē cōnspectū Siculae tellūris in altum"
}
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}
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"ipa": "/ˈtel.luːs/",
"tags": [
"Classical"
]
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{
"ipa": "[ˈt̪ɛlːʲuːs̠]",
"tags": [
"Classical"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈtel.lus/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈt̪ɛlːus]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "tellus"
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"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin feminine nouns",
"Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
"Latin lemmas",
"Latin nouns",
"Latin terms borrowed from Etruscan",
"Latin terms derived from Etruscan",
"Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
"Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *telh₂- (ground)",
"Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Latin third declension nouns"
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"word": "meditullium"
},
{
"word": "pede tellūrem pulsō"
},
{
"word": "tellūrium"
},
{
"word": "tellūster"
}
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"plural"
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"singular"
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"source": "declension",
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"english": "The ancient world did not have skilled farmers.\n(Other possible translations include “soil” or “country”.)",
"ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 2.515",
"text": "nōn habuit doctōs tellūs antīqua colōnōs"
},
{
"english": "No Titan [Sun] as yet provided light to the world, nor did Phoebe [the Moon] repair new horns in waxing, nor did the Earth hang in the surrounding air, balanced by its own weights, nor had Amphitrite [the sea] stretched her arms down the far borders of the lands; […]",
"ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 1.10–14",
"text": "Nūllus adhūc mundō praebēbat lūmina Tītān,\nnec nova crēscendō reparābat cornua Phoebē,\nnec circumfūsō pendēbat in āere tellūs\nponderibus lībrāta suīs, nec bracchia longō\nmargine terrārum porrēxerat Amphītrītē; […]"
}
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"english": "Almost beyond sight of the land of Sicily, upon the deep [sea]\nOr: On the deep [sea], [with] Sicilian land [being] scarcely out of sight",
"ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.34",
"text": "Vix ē cōnspectū Siculae tellūris in altum"
}
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{
"ipa": "[ˈt̪ɛlːʲuːs̠]",
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"Classical"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈtel.lus/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈt̪ɛlːus]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "tellus"
}
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