ellum

== English == === Noun === ellum Pronunciation spelling of elm. == Akkadian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈel.lum/ === Etymology 1 === ==== Adjective ==== ellum (feminine elletum, masculine plural ellūtum, feminine plural ellētum, predicative el) (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on) verbal adjective of elēlum (“to become pure”): clean, pure holy, sacred free, noble (as social class) ===== Alternative forms ===== allum allu (non-mimated form) === Etymology 2 === Unknown. The hypothesis of a borrowing from Proto-South Dravidian I *eḷ (“sesame”, compare Tamil எள் (eḷ), Kannada ಎಳ್ಳು (eḷḷu)) has also been made. ==== Noun ==== ellum m sesame oil of a specific quality, a good sesame oil ===== Alternative forms ===== ellu (non-mimated) == Latin == === Contraction === ellum contraction of ecce +‎ illum === References === “ellum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “ellum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “ellum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.