tholus

English

Etymology

From Latin tholus (“dome, rotunda”). Doublet of tholos.

Noun

tholus (plural tholi)

1. (astronomy, geology) A small domical mountain or hill.

   Hecates Tholus is a Martian volcano.

2. A round building, dome, or cupola.

   Synonym: thole

3. (lichenology) Part of the apical structure of the asci of some lichen species.

Anagrams

• hoults

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θόλος (thólos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰo.lus/, [ˈt̪ʰɔɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈto.lus/, [ˈt̪ɔːlus]

Noun

tholus m (genitive tholī); second declension

1. dome, cupola, rotunda

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tholus	tholī
Genitive	tholī	tholōrum
Dative	tholō	tholīs
Accusative	tholum	tholōs
Ablative	tholō	tholīs
Vocative	thole	tholī

References

• “tholus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “tholus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tholus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• tholus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “tholus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “tholus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin