English

Noun

tholus ‎(plural tholi)

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

   Hecates Tholus is a Martian volcano.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θόλος ‎(thólos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰo.lus/

Noun

tholus m ‎(genitive tholī); second declension

1. dome, cupola, rotunda

Inflection

Second declension.

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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “tholus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: 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