litteratura

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Latin

Etymology

From littera (“letter”), from Etruscan, from Ancient Greek διφθέρᾱ (diphthérā, “tablet”). Further etymology uncertain.

Pronunciation

Noun

litterātūra f (genitive litterātūrae); first declension

  1. lettering; alphabet
  2. grammar, philology
  3. learning, erudition

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative litterātūra litterātūrae
genitive litterātūrae litterātūrārum
dative litterātūrae litterātūrīs
accusative litterātūram litterātūrās
ablative litterātūrā litterātūrīs
vocative litterātūra litterātūrae

Descendants

References

  • “litteratura”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “litteratura”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • litteratura in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • litteratura in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Portuguese

Noun

litteratura f (plural litteraturas)

  1. Obsolete spelling of literatura.
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