satelles

Two possibilities are:

• From Old Latin *satro- (“enough, full”) + *leyt- (“to let go”), akin to English follow, which might be composed of similar roots.
• From Etruscan 𐌔𐌀𐌕𐌍𐌋 (satnl)[1].

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /saˈtel.les/, [saˈtɛl.lɛs]

satelles m, f (genitive satellitis); third declension

1. attendant, guard
2. accomplice, follower

   tibi apparuit inter Seianianos satellites mortem unam patere servitutis fugam.

   It was clear to you that, surrounded as he was by the followers of Sejanus, death was the only way to escape from slavery.

Third declension.

• French: satellite
• Italian: satellite
• Spanish: satélite
• Swedish: satellit

• satelles in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• satelles in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• satelles in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• satelles in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette