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in the PONS Dictionary

tellūs <ūris> f

1.

tellus Ov.
Erde
pendebat in aëre tellus
Tellūs personif. Verg.
Erdgöttin, Göttin der Saatfelder, als prima deorum
aedes Telluris
Mutter Erde

2. poet

tellus
Erdboden, Erdreich [ dura; ingrata; umida ]

3. Hor.

tellus
Grund u. Boden, Grundstück, Grundbesitz

4. Ov.

tellus
Fußboden [ adoperta marmore ]

5. poet

tellus
Land(schaft), Gegend, Gebiet [ Aegyptia; barbara; nova; mea mein Heimatland ];
tellus meton.
Volk
Declension of tellūs
Case Singular Plural
Nominative tellūs tellūrēs
Genitive tellūris tellūrum
Dative tellūrī tellūribus
Accusative tellūrem tellūrēs
Ablative tellūre tellūribus

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

Tellūs personif. Verg.
Erdgöttin, Göttin der Saatfelder, als prima deorum
terra [o. tellus] dehiscat mihi Verg.
die Erde möge mich verschlingen
tellus favet Baccho
ist geeignet zum Weinbau
tellus vomeribus saucia übtr, v. Lebl.
aufgerissen
tellus marmore adoperta poet m. Akk respectus, adoperta vultum (in Bezug auf)
das Gesicht bedeckt

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