tornus
See also: torņus
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Noun edit
tornus (plural torni)
- (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”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtor.nus/, [ˈt̪ɔrnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtor.nus/, [ˈt̪ɔrnus]
Noun edit
tornus m (genitive tornī); second declension
- A turner's wheel, lathe.
- A potter's wheel.
Declension edit
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | tornus | tornī |
Genitive | tornī | tornōrum |
Dative | tornō | tornīs |
Accusative | tornum | tornōs |
Ablative | tornō | tornīs |
Vocative | torne | tornī |
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- “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