aluta

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Estonian

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Noun

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aluta

  1. abessive singular of alg

Latin

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Etymology

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Feminine of unattested *alūtus "treated with alum", the substantive being māteria or pellis. This word together with alūmen points to a neuter u-stem *alū "alum" which continues a modification of Proto-Indo-European *h₂elut (beer) and perhaps a verb *aluere "to treat with alum".

Noun

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alūta f (genitive alūtae); first declension

  1. A soft leather, probably made using alum
  2. A purse or shoe etc made from this leather

Declension

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First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative alūta alūtae
Genitive alūtae alūtārum
Dative alūtae alūtīs
Accusative alūtam alūtās
Ablative alūtā alūtīs
Vocative alūta alūtae

Descendants

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  • Catalan: aluda

References

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  • aluta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • aluta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • aluta 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)
  • aluta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • aluta”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers