tellus

== Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *telnos, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *telnos ~ *telnes-, from *telh₂- (“flat ground”), but reshaped after rūs. Otherwise, could derive from Etruscan 𐌕𐌖𐌋𐌀𐌓 (tular, “earth”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtɛl.luːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtɛl.lus] === Noun === tellūs f (genitive tellūris); third declension earth, ground, soil Synonyms: terra, solum, humus Earth, globe, world country, district, region, land ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → French: tellure (learned) → Italian: tellure === References === “tellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “tellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "tellus", 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) “tellus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “tellus”, in The Perseus Project (1999), Perseus Encyclopedia‎[1] “tellus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “tellus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN