Latin

Proper noun

Pelōrus m ‎(genitive Pelōrī); second declension

1. (geography) A promontory of Sicily that forms north-eastern point of the whole island

Declension

Second declension.

See also

• Lilybaeum
• Pachȳnus

References

• Pelorus in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Pelorus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

English

Noun

pelorus ‎(plural peloruses)

1. A device used to take a bearing on a distant object.

   • 1973: Light clusters, clear, deep, on the face of the radio gear…fans up softly off the dial of the pelorus…spills out portholes onto the white river. — Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow

Translations

Anagrams

• leprous, sporule