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Latin
Etymology
From earlier *prōtenslom, form the Indo-European root *ten- (“stretch, extend”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
prōtēlum n (genitive prōtēlī); second declension
- a towrope by which oxen were harnessed to the plough in a row
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Derived terms
References
- “protelum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- protelum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- protelum in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung