Latin edit

Etymology edit

From tāl(us) (knucklebone) +‎ -trum.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

tālitrum n (genitive tālitrī); second declension

  1. a rap or flick with the finger.

Declension edit

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tālitrum tālitra
Genitive tālitrī tālitrōrum
Dative tālitrō tālitrīs
Accusative tālitrum tālitra
Ablative tālitrō tālitrīs
Vocative tālitrum tālitra

References edit

  • talitrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • talitrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.