See also: torņus

English edit

 
The moth Agathia pisina has a white spot at the tornus of each of its hindwings.

Noun edit

tornus (plural torni)

  1. (entomology) The bottom corner of a wing.

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Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek τόρνος (tórnos, carpenter's tool for drawing a circle; turning lathe), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (to rub, rub by twisting, twist, turn).

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Noun edit

tornus m (genitive tornī); second declension

  1. A turner's wheel, lathe.
  2. A potter's wheel.

Declension edit

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tornus tornī
Genitive tornī tornōrum
Dative tornō tornīs
Accusative tornum tornōs
Ablative tornō tornīs
Vocative torne tornī

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  • Catalan: torn
  • French: tour
  • Galician: torno
  • German: Turnus
  • Italian: tornio
  • Portuguese: torno
  • Spanish: torno

References edit

  • tornus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • tornus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tornus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • tornus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette