parallelus

Latin

Alternative forms

• parallēlos

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h₂ey

Proto-Hellenic *pərai

Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ́ (părắ)

Ancient Greek παρα- (para-)

Ancient Greek ἀλλήλων (allḗlōn)

Ancient Greek παράλληλος (parállēlos)bor.

Latin parallēlus

Borrowed from Ancient Greek παράλληλος (parállēlos, “parallel”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pa.ralˈleː.ɫʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [pa.ralˈlɛː.lus]

Adjective

parallēlus (feminine parallēla, neuter parallēlum); first/second-declension adjective

1. parallel
2. concentric

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	parallēlus	parallēla	parallēlum		parallēlī	parallēlae	parallēla
genitive	parallēlī	parallēlae	parallēlī		parallēlōrum	parallēlārum	parallēlōrum
dative	parallēlō	parallēlae	parallēlō		parallēlīs
accusative	parallēlum	parallēlam	parallēlum		parallēlōs	parallēlās	parallēla
ablative	parallēlō	parallēlā	parallēlō		parallēlīs
vocative	parallēle	parallēla	parallēlum		parallēlī	parallēlae	parallēla

References

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