"Tellus" meaning in Latin

See Tellus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Tellurem [singular, accusative], Telluris [singular, genitive], Tellurī [singular, dative], Tellurĕ [singular, ablative]
  1. La Terre personnifiée comme divinité nourricière.
    Sense id: fr-Tellus-la-name-qNfoiZwq Categories (other): Divinités romaines en latin, Exemples en latin, Exemples en latin à traduire
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mater, Mater, Tellurus Derived forms: Terra
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