subtel

From sub- +‎ talus.

subtel n (Late Latin)

1. the arch of the foot
   • Saxo Grammaticus, Gesta Danorum, 7.1.4.:

     Nam truncos luporum ungues subtellibus annectentes

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Third-declension noun (neuter, i-stem).

In texts from classical antiquity the term is attested only in nominative and accusative singular.

• subtelāris

• “subtel”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “subtel”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• McCarren, V. P.; Ritter, M. A. (February 14, 2022). An Edition of the Letters S and T of the Medulla Grammatice (Stonyhurst MS. A.1.10). Deep Blue, University of Michigan repository: p. 49, note 280: «14289 Subtel. There is general agreement with Stonyhurst regarding the gloss, with Hrl. 2270 and DFC stressing “ima pars pedis.” However, the entry segment is somewhat scattered. Hrl. 2270: subtel, agreeing with Stonyhurst; Hrl. 2257: subtellis; and Lincoln 111 with Subitel. Cf. Lewis and Short, s.v. subtel, “the hollow of the foot.” “Pertus on” is also a correct use of the language at this time: 14th and early 15th centuries.»
• Papias, Ars Grammatica, 33: “In -el correptam neutra sunt, ‘mel’, ‘fel’, ‘subtel’.”