Latin

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Etymology

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From tendō (I stretch, stretch out, distend, extend) +‎ pellis (skin, hide, felt, pelt) +‎ -ium.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tentipellium n (genitive tentipelliī or tentipellī); second declension

  1. That which stretches out a skin or hide: a hidestretcher, leather-stretcher.

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

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