pellis

See also: pel·lis

Latin

Pellis Didelphis virginiana.

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *pelnis, from Proto-Indo-European *pel-ni-s (“to cover, wrap; skin, hide; cloth”), from *pel- (“to cover, wrap; skin, hide; cloth”). Cognate with Ancient Greek πέλμᾰ (pélma, “sole of the foot”), Old English fell (“fell, skin, hide; garment of skin”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpel.lis/, [ˈpɛlːʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpel.lis/, [ˈpɛlːis]

Noun

pellis f (genitive pellis); third declension

1. (zootomy) pelt, fell, hide, animal skin; (poetic) human skin
2. (transferred sense)
   1. leather
   2. (clothing) a garment, article of clothing made of skin
   3. (military) a tent for soldiers (because it was covered with skins)
   4. a parchment
   5. (music) a drum
   6. (mycology) a thin peelable film covering the outside of a sporocarp

Inflection

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pellis	pellēs
Genitive	pellis	pellium
Dative	pellī	pellibus
Accusative	pellem	pellēs pellīs
Ablative	pelle	pellibus
Vocative	pellis	pellēs

Derived terms

• pellesuīna
• pelleātus
• pellicius
• pellicula
• pelliculō
• pelliger
• pellinus
• pelliris
• pelliō
• pellārius
• pellītus
• tentipellium
• versipellis

 

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: cheali
  • Romanian: piele
• Dalmatian:
  • pial
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: pelle
  • Sicilian: peddi
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: pedde, peddi
• North Italian:
  • Friulian: piel
  • Romagnol: pël
  • Romansch: pel
  • Venetian: pełe
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Franco-Provençal: pél
  • Old French: pel
    • Bourguignon: peâ
    • Middle French: peau
      • French: peau
    • → German: pellen
• Occitano-Romance:
  • Catalan: pell
  • Occitan: pèl
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Asturian: piel
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: pele
    • Portuguese: pele
  • Spanish: piel
• Borrowings:
  • → English: pell
  • → Old Irish: pell
    • Irish: peall
    • Scottish Gaelic: peall
  • → Old Norse: pilz
    • Icelandic: pils
    • Norwegian Bokmål: pels
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: pels

References

• “pellis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pellis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pellis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “pellis”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “pellis”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin