satelles

== Latin == === Etymology === Three possibilities are: From Old Latin *satro- (“enough, full”) + *leyt- (“to let go”), perhaps comparable to Proto-Germanic *fulgāną (English follow), which might be composed of roots with similar meaning. From Etruscan 𐌆𐌀𐌕𐌋𐌀𐌈 (zatlaθ) "follower, guard", maybe connected with Camunian zaθalas and zaθaú "stability". From Old Latin *satellus, diminutive of *satḗr (“the possessor”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tek- (“to receive, obtain”) (whence also Ancient Greek κτάομαι (ktáomai) and Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎱𐎠𐎺𐎠 (x-š-ç-p-a-v-a /⁠xšaçapāvā⁠/)). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [saˈtɛl.lɛs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [saˈtɛl.les] === Noun === satelles m or f (genitive satellitis); third declension attendant, follower, guard, bodyguard Synonym: stīpātor (in a bad sense) accomplice, abettor ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “satelles”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “satelles”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "satelles", 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) “satelles”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.