"tescum" meaning in Latin

See tescum in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈtes.kum/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈt̪ɛs̠kʊ̃ˑ] [Classical-Latin], /ˈtes.kum/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈt̪ɛskum] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Uncertain and lacking agreement on the precise meaning. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”), with regular simplification of *-rs- > /s/ before a voiceless consonant (compare testis). Compare pāscuum for the formation. The c in the plural is likely to be analogical after the regular /kʷum > kum/ in the singular. A connection with Proto-Indo-European *tews- (“to be empty”), the source of Sanskrit तुच्छ (tuccha, “empty”), is rejected by De Vaan, who mentions Dunkel's proposal that teskʷ- is derived by dissimilation from twes-kʷ- but points out that *twes- is not an ablaut grade of this root. Etymology templates: {{root|la|ine-pro|*ters-}}, {{unc|la}} Uncertain, {{der|la|ine-pro|*ters-||dry}} Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”), {{der|la|ine-pro|*tews-||to be empty}} Proto-Indo-European *tews- (“to be empty”), {{noncog|sa|तुच्छ||empty}} Sanskrit तुच्छ (tuccha, “empty”) Head templates: {{la-noun|tescum<2>}} tescum n (genitive tescī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|tescum<2>}} Forms: tescī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], tescum [nominative, singular], tesca [nominative, plural], tescī [genitive, singular], tescōrum [genitive, plural], tescō [dative, singular], tescīs [dative, plural], tescum [accusative, singular], tesca [accusative, plural], tescō [ablative, singular], tescīs [ablative, plural], tescum [singular, vocative], tesca [plural, vocative]
  1. (chiefly in the plural) wilderness, wasteland, desert Tags: declension-2, in-plural, neuter Synonyms: tescuum, tesquum

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ters-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la"
      },
      "expansion": "Uncertain",
      "name": "unc"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ters-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "dry"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*tews-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to be empty"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *tews- (“to be empty”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "तुच्छ",
        "3": "",
        "4": "empty"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit तुच्छ (tuccha, “empty”)",
      "name": "noncog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Uncertain and lacking agreement on the precise meaning. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”), with regular simplification of *-rs- > /s/ before a voiceless consonant (compare testis). Compare pāscuum for the formation. The c in the plural is likely to be analogical after the regular /kʷum > kum/ in the singular. A connection with Proto-Indo-European *tews- (“to be empty”), the source of Sanskrit तुच्छ (tuccha, “empty”), is rejected by De Vaan, who mentions Dunkel's proposal that teskʷ- is derived by dissimilation from twes-kʷ- but points out that *twes- is not an ablaut grade of this root.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tescī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tescum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tesca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tescī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tescōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tescō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tescīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tescum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tesca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tescō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tescīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tescum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tesca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tescum<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "tescum n (genitive tescī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tescum<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin neuter nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wilderness, wasteland, desert"
      ],
      "id": "en-tescum-la-noun-IJnyIL6W",
      "links": [
        [
          "wilderness",
          "wilderness"
        ],
        [
          "wasteland",
          "wasteland"
        ],
        [
          "desert",
          "desert"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly in the plural) wilderness, wasteland, desert"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "tescuum"
        },
        {
          "word": "tesquum"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "in-plural",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtes.kum/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt̪ɛs̠kʊ̃ˑ]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtes.kum/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt̪ɛskum]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tescum"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ters-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la"
      },
      "expansion": "Uncertain",
      "name": "unc"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ters-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "dry"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*tews-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to be empty"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *tews- (“to be empty”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "तुच्छ",
        "3": "",
        "4": "empty"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit तुच्छ (tuccha, “empty”)",
      "name": "noncog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Uncertain and lacking agreement on the precise meaning. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”), with regular simplification of *-rs- > /s/ before a voiceless consonant (compare testis). Compare pāscuum for the formation. The c in the plural is likely to be analogical after the regular /kʷum > kum/ in the singular. A connection with Proto-Indo-European *tews- (“to be empty”), the source of Sanskrit तुच्छ (tuccha, “empty”), is rejected by De Vaan, who mentions Dunkel's proposal that teskʷ- is derived by dissimilation from twes-kʷ- but points out that *twes- is not an ablaut grade of this root.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tescī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tescum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tesca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tescī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tescōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tescō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tescīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tescum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tesca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tescō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tescīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tescum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tesca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tescum<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "tescum n (genitive tescī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tescum<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 2-syllable words",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin neuter nouns",
        "Latin neuter nouns in the second declension",
        "Latin nouns",
        "Latin second declension nouns",
        "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ters-",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Latin terms with unknown etymologies",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wilderness, wasteland, desert"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wilderness",
          "wilderness"
        ],
        [
          "wasteland",
          "wasteland"
        ],
        [
          "desert",
          "desert"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly in the plural) wilderness, wasteland, desert"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "in-plural",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtes.kum/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt̪ɛs̠kʊ̃ˑ]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtes.kum/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt̪ɛskum]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "tescuum"
    },
    {
      "word": "tesquum"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tescum"
}

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