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Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

tōsillae f pl (genitive tōsillārum); first declension

  1. inflection of tōsilla:
    1. genitive/dative singular
    2. nominative/vocative plural
  2. contraction of tōnsillae
    • 45 BCE, Cicero, De Natura Deorum 2.135:
      Is utraque ex parte tosillas attingens palato extremo atque intimo terminatur
      It is adjacent to the tonsils on either side of it, and reaches as far as the back or innermost part of the palate

Inflection

First-declension noun, plural only.

plural
nominative tōsillae
genitive tōsillārum
dative tōsillīs
accusative tōsillās
ablative tōsillīs
vocative tōsillae

References

  • “tosillae”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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