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tornus
tornus
See also: torņus
English
The moth Agathia pisina has a white spot at the tornus of each of its hindwings.
Noun
tornus
- (entomology) The bottom corner of a wing.
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Latin
Etymology
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
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtor.nus/
Noun
tornus m (genitive tornī); second declension
Inflection
Second declension.
| 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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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’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “tornus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.