Maschile

balteus

Senso (Inglese)

  1. (declension-2, masculine) A belt, girdle
  2. (declension-2, masculine) A belt, girdle
  3. (declension-2, masculine) synonym of praecinctio (curved walkway that separates the galleries of a Roman theatre)

Frequenza

B2
Pronunciato come (IPA)
[ˈbaɫ.te.ʊs]
Etimologia (Inglese)

Charisius says Varro considered it of Etruscan origin (compare Etruscan 𐌁𐌀𐌋𐌕𐌄𐌀 (baltea, “belt”)). Ernout and Meillet accept its Etruscan origin and interpret -eus as a characteristic ending of Etruscan loanwords, whereas Bonfante Warren is skeptical of this etymology, noting that the voiced consonant /b/ is foreign to Etruscan.

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