tornus

See also: torņus

English

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

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Noun

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  1. (entomologyCategory:en:Entomology#TORNUS) The bottom corner of a wing.

Anagrams

Esperanto

Pronunciation

Verb

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  1. conditional of torniCategory:Esperanto verb forms#TORNUS

Latin

Etymology

    Category:Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *terh₁-#TORNUSCategory:Latin terms borrowed from Ancient Greek#TORNUSCategory:Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#TORNUSCategory:Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek#TORNUS

    Borrowed from Ancient GreekCategory:Latin terms borrowed from Ancient Greek#TORNUSCategory:Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek#TORNUS τόρνος (tórnos, “carpenter's tool for drawing a circle; turning lathe”), from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#TORNUS *terh₁- (“to rub, rub by twisting, twist, turn”).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    tornus m (genitive tornī)Category:Latin lemmas#TORNUSCategory:Latin nouns#TORNUSCategory:Latin second declension nouns#TORNUSCategory:Latin masculine nouns in the second declension#TORNUSCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#TORNUSCategory:Latin masculine nouns#TORNUSCategory:Pages with entries#TORNUSCategory:Pages with 3 entries#TORNUS; second declension

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

    Declension

    Second-declension noun.

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    References

    • “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, 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.
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