tormina
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin, ultimately from torqueō (“twist, turn”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tormina pl (plural only)
- (medicine) acute pain in the abdomen; colic, gripes
- 1977, Patrick O'Brian, The Mauritius Command:
- Clonfert’s tormina exercise my mind; for by whatever private scale of pain one may measure them, they must come tolerably high.
Usage notes edit
- Generally construed as a plural, based on the Latin being a plurale tantum word.
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From torqueō (“I twist, turn”) + -men.
Noun edit
tormina n pl (genitive torminum); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem), plural only.
| Case | Plural |
|---|---|
| Nominative | tormina |
| Genitive | torminum |
| Dative | torminibus |
| Accusative | tormina |
| Ablative | torminibus |
| Vocative | tormina |
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “tormina”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “tormina”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers