lituus
English edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from Latin lituus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lituus (plural litui)
- A military trumpet.
- An augur's staff with a recurved top.
- (geometry) A curve with polar equation , where a is a constant.
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Etruscan or from Proto-Indo-European *(e)lAi- (“to bend”).[1] Compare English lith and German Glied (“limb”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈli.tu.us/, [ˈlʲɪt̪uʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈli.tu.us/, [ˈliːt̪uːs]
Noun edit
lituus m (genitive lituī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | lituus | lituī |
Genitive | lituī | lituōrum |
Dative | lituō | lituīs |
Accusative | lituum | lituōs |
Ablative | lituō | lituīs |
Vocative | litue | lituī |
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “lituus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “lituus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- lituus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “lituus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “lituus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “ĕl-ĕq-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 308-309
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from Latin lituus.
Noun edit
lituus n (plural lituusuri)
Declension edit
Declension of lituus
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) lituus | lituusul | (niște) lituusuri | lituusurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) lituus | lituusului | (unor) lituusuri | lituusurilor |
vocative | lituusule | lituusurilor |