terrae motus
See also: terraemotus
Latin
Etymology
From terrae (genitive of terra (“earth”)) + mōtus (“movement”). Literally meaning "movement of the earth".
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈter.rae̯ ˈmoː.tus/, [ˈt̪ɛrːäe̯ ˈmoːt̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈter.re ˈmo.tus/, [ˈt̪ɛrːe ˈmɔːt̪us]
Declension
Indeclinable portion with a fourth-declension noun.
References
- “terrae motus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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