tottus
Latin
Etymology
'Vulgar' alteration of Classical Latin tōtus.
Pronunciation
- (Proto-Romance) IPA(key): /ˈtottʊs/
Adjective
tōttus (feminine tōtta, neuter tōttum); first/second-declension adjective (pronominal) (Vulgar Latin)
- (proscribed) whole, entire
- 5th c. CE, Consentius, Ars de barbarismis et metaplasmis:
- Per adiectionem litterae sic fit [barbarismus], ut siquis dicat coperit pro operit, gruit pro ruit, tottum pro toto, cottidie pro cotidie, quandius pro quandiu...
- And so a mistake is committed by the addition of a letter, for instance when one says coperit instead of operit, gruit instead of ruit, tottum instead of totum, cottidie instead of cotidie, or quandius instead of quandiu...
- 5th c. CE, Consentius, Ars de barbarismis et metaplasmis:
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