littera

== Finnish == === Etymology === Internationalism, ultimately from Latin littera. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlitːerɑ/, [ˈlit̪ːe̞rɑ̝] Rhymes: -itːerɑ Syllabification(key): lit‧te‧ra Hyphenation(key): lit‧te‧ra === Noun === littera identification letter, ordinal letter Synonym: järjestyskirjain (numismatics) a letter used to distinguish different banknotes, coins, etc. of the same denomination (rail transport) identification code of a class of rolling stock (finance) denomination (of a stock certificate) (accounting) phase of a project, etc. (in billing, invoicing, etc.; any unit which may be billed for, often as part of a larger project) (historical) a free (train) ticket or ticket rebate offered to military transportation or to conscripts ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “littera”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[4] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023 == Interlingua == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlit.te.ra/ === Noun === littera (plural litteras) letter (of the alphabet) letter (an epistle) == Latin == === Alternative forms === lītera === Etymology === Unknown. Two possibilities include: From earlier lītera, the existence of which is disputed, with lengthening of the consonant (sometimes called the littera rule), from Old Latin leitera (attested ca. 122 BC, argued by Ernout & Meillet to be a false etymological attraction to lino), from a plural form of earlier adj. *lei-tos (cf. opera from opus), related to Latin linō (“smear”) and Proto-Italic *linō (“smear”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- (“smear”). A variation of this is to reconstruct the PIE root as *leyt- (“to scratch”). However, De Vaan points out that the past participle from lino is actually litus with a short i and, lacking any other traces of *leitos, says the scenario is "morphologically unconvincing". Alternatively, perhaps via Etruscan [Term?] from (or related to, as if from a common source) Ancient Greek διφθέρᾱ (diphthérā, “leather; writing material”) which is claimed by Hesychius to be used to name tablets as well, of unknown ultimate origin. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈlɪt.tɛ.ra] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈlit.te.ra] === Noun === littera f (genitive litterae); first declension letter (of the alphabet) (metonymic) handwriting (usually in the plural) letter, epistle (usually in the plural) literature (usually in the plural, by extension) letters, knowledge of literature, learning, scholarship (usually in the plural) books (often a collection of letters, epistles, accounts, records, etc.) (usually in the plural) record(s), account(s), document(s) (usually in the plural) edict, ordinance ==== Usage notes ==== litterae missae means "a letter sent by a person" and litterae allatae a "a letter received" hence, liber litterarum missarum et allatarum meant a letter-book. ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === === Further reading === “littera”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “littera”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "littera", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “littera”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[5], London: Macmillan and Co. littera in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[6], pre-publication website, 2005-2016 littera, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011 Blažek, Václav (2018), “Toward the Etymology of Latin littera”, in Graeco-Latina Brunensia, volume 23, number 2, page 5 === Anagrams === tāliter == Swedish == === Alternative forms === litt. (abbreviation) === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Latin littera (“letter”). First attested in 1535. === Noun === littera c A sequence of letters (and sometimes digits), or a single such character, used as a designation; a class, code, model, number, or type. Coordinate term: nummer (“number”) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “littera”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)