hallus

Gothic

Romanization

hallus

1. romanization of 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌿𐍃

Latin

Alternative forms

• allus

Etymology

Uncertain; probably a borrowing from a non-IE language. hallux is the only form that suggests an Indo-European structure.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈhal.lʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈal.lus]

Noun

hallus m (genitive hallī); second declension

1. big toe

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	hallus	hallī
genitive	hallī	hallōrum
dative	hallō	hallīs
accusative	hallum	hallōs
ablative	hallō	hallīs
vocative	halle	hallī

Related terms

• hallux

References

• “hallus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "hallus", 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)
• “hallus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.