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Latin
Etymology
Maybe from Celtic/Gaulish; compare Proto-Celtic *talamū (“earth”). Compare alutiae.
Pronunciation
Noun
talutium n (genitive talutiī or talutī); second declension
- (mineralogy) The superficial indication of the presence of gold under the earth
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- talutium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “talutatium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press