litura

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English

Etymology

From Latin litūra.

Noun

litura (plural liturae)

  1. (zoology) A spot growing paler at one end.

Anagrams

Latin

Noun

litūra f (genitive litūrae); first declension

  1. smearing, anointing
  2. blotting out, erasure, correction
  3. smear, smudge, blot
  4. alteration

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative litūra litūrae
genitive litūrae litūrārum
dative litūrae litūrīs
accusative litūram litūrās
ablative litūrā litūrīs
vocative litūra litūrae

References

  • “litura”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “litura”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • litura 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)
  • litura in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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