tumulus
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin tumulus (“mound, hill”), from tumeō (“I swell”). Doublet of tombolo.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tumulus (plural tumuli)
- (archaeology) A mound of earth, especially one placed over a prehistoric tomb; a barrow.
- 1826, [Mary Shelley], chapter I, in The Last Man. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC:
- They planted the cannon on the tumuli, sole elevations in this level country, and formed themselves into column and hollow square.
- 1898, Ernest Rhys, “The Lament for Urien from the Herbest”, in Welsh Ballads:
- The delicate white body will be covered to-day,
The tumulus be reared, the green sod give way:
And there, oh Cynvarch, thy son they will lay.
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- Tumulus culture on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Translations edit
mound of earth
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Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈtu.mu.lus/, [ˈt̪ʊmʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtu.mu.lus/, [ˈt̪uːmulus]
Etymology 1 edit
From tumeō (“to swell”) + -ulus. Cognates include Ancient Greek τύμβος (túmbos, “swell”).
Noun edit
tumulus m (genitive tumulī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | tumulus | tumulī |
Genitive | tumulī | tumulōrum |
Dative | tumulō | tumulīs |
Accusative | tumulum | tumulōs |
Ablative | tumulō | tumulīs |
Vocative | tumule | tumulī |
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References edit
- “tumulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “tumulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- tumulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- on the edge of the hill: ad extremum tumulum
- on the edge of the hill: ad extremum tumulum
- “tumulus”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia[2]
- “tumulus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
Etymology 2 edit
Ultimately from Arabic ثُمُن (ṯumun, “an eighth”). Compare Italian tomolo. Compare thuminus.
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
tumulus m (genitive tumulī); second declension
- (Medieval Latin) A unit of measure used in Sicily and Malta.
References edit
- tumulus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Romanian edit
Noun edit
tumulus m (plural tumuluși)
- Alternative form of tumul
Declension edit
Declension of tumulus
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) tumulus | tumulusul | (niște) tumuluși | tumulușii |
genitive/dative | (unui) tumulus | tumulusului | (unor) tumuluși | tumulușilor |
vocative | tumulusule | tumulușilor |
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