thieldo

Latin

Alternative forms

  • teldō, theldō, tieldō

Etymology

Borrowed from a pre-Roman substrate language; perhaps related to or directly borrowed from Proto-Basque *zaldi (“horse”).

Pronunciation

Noun

thieldō m (genitive thieldōnis); third declension

  1. A breed of horse from Galicia and Asturias.
    • 23 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Natural History 8.42.67:
      In eadem Hispania Gallaica gens et Asturica equini generis, hi sunt quos thieldones vocamus, minore forma appellatos Asturcones, […]
      • 1950 translation by H. Rackham
        Also in Spain the Gallaic and Asturian tribes breed those of the horse kind that we call theldones, though when more of a pony type they are designated cobs, […]

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative thieldō thieldōnēs
genitive thieldōnis thieldōnum
dative thieldōnī thieldōnibus
accusative thieldōnem thieldōnēs
ablative thieldōne thieldōnibus
vocative thieldō thieldōnēs

References

  • “thieldo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • thieldo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • thieldo in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
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