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English
Etymology
From Latin puteal, from puteālis, from puteus (“well”) + -ālis (“-al: forming adjs”).
Pronunciation
Noun
puteal (plural puteals)
- (architecture) An enclosure around a well to prevent people from falling into it.
References
1849-1850, John Weale, Rudimentary Dictionary of Terms used in Architecture, Building, and Engineering
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
A nominalization of the neuter form puteāle of the adjective puteālis (“well-related, pertaining to a well”), with apocope of final e. Shortening of an originally long vowel before word-final /l/ is regular in words of more than one syllable. Equivalent to puteus (“well”) + -al.
Pronunciation
Noun
puteal n (genitive puteālis); third declension
- a puteal (stone enclosure or curb around a well)
- a structure of the same form marking a sacred site
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).
See also
References
- “puteal”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “puteal”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- puteal in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.