ellum

ellum

1. Pronunciation spelling of elm.

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈel.lum/

ellum (feminine elletum, masculine plural ellūtum, feminine plural ellētum, predicative el) (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)

1. verbal adjective of elēlum (“to become pure”):
   1. clean, pure
   2. holy, sacred
   3. free, noble (as social class)

• allum
• allu (non-mimated form)

Unknown. The hypothesis of a borrowing from Proto-South Dravidian I *eḷ (“sesame”, compare Tamil எள் (eḷ), Kannada ಎಳ್ಳು (eḷḷu)) has also been made.

ellum m

1. sesame oil of a specific quality, a good sesame oil

• ellu (non-mimated)

ellum

1. contraction of ecce illum

• “ellum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ellum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ellum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.