English

Wikispecies

Noun

trochus ‎(plural trochuses or trochi)

1. (zoology) Any of numerous species of marine univalve shells belonging to Trochus and allied genera of the family Trochidae.

Hyponyms

• topshell

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τροχός ‎(trokhós, “wheel”).

Noun

trochus m ‎(genitive trochī); second declension

1. iron hoop

Inflection

Second declension.

Descendants

• Translingual: Trochus

References

• trochus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• trochus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• TROCHUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “trochus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• trochus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• trochus in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• trochus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin