tholus

== English == === Etymology === From Latin tholus (“dome, rotunda”). Doublet of tholos. === Noun === tholus (plural tholi) (astronomy, geology) A small domical mountain or hill. A round building, dome, or cupola. Synonym: thole (lichenology) Part of the apical structure of the asci of some lichen species. === Anagrams === hoults == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek θόλος (thólos). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtʰɔ.ɫʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtɔː.lus] === Noun === tholus m (genitive tholī); second declension dome, cupola, rotunda ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. === References === “tholus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “tholus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "tholus", 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) “tholus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “tholus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “tholus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin