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Gothic
Romanization
hallus
- Romanization of 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌿𐍃
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Uncertain; probably a borrowing from a non-IE language. hallux is the only form that suggests an Indo-European structure.
Pronunciation
Noun
hallus m (genitive hallī); second declension
- big toe
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Related terms
References
- “hallus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- hallus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- hallus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.