tottus

Latin

Adjective

tōttus (feminine tōtta, neuter tōttum); first/second-declension adjective (pronominal) (Late Latin, proscribed)

  1. alternative form of tōtus (“whole, entire”)
    • 5th c. CE, Consentius, Ars de barbarismis et metaplasmis:
      Per adiectionem litterae sic fit [barbarismus], ut siquis dicat coperit pro operit, gruit pro ruit, tottum pro toto, cottidie pro cotidie, quandius pro quandiu...
      And so a mistake is committed by the addition of a letter, for instance when one says coperit instead of operit, gruit instead of ruit, tottum instead of totum, cottidie instead of cotidie, or quandius instead of quandiu...

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