Sitellitergus
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
situla + tergeō + -us = literally “the cleaner of buckets”
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /si.tel.liˈter.ɡus/, [s̠ɪt̪ɛlːʲɪˈt̪ɛrɡʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /si.tel.liˈter.ɡus/, [sit̪elːiˈt̪ɛrɡus]
Proper noun edit
Sitellitergus m sg (genitive Sitellitergī); second declension
- the title of a comedy by Plautus
Declension edit
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Sitellitergus |
| Genitive | Sitellitergī |
| Dative | Sitellitergō |
| Accusative | Sitellitergum |
| Ablative | Sitellitergō |
| Vocative | Sitelliterge |
References edit
- “Sĭtellĭtergus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press