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Trochus
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Tro′chus
,Noun.
pl.
Trochi
(#)
. [NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] a wheel.]
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of marine univalve shells belonging to
Trochus
and many allied genera of the family Trochidae
. Some of the species are called also topshells
. Definition 2025
trochus
trochus
English
Noun
trochus (plural trochuses or trochi)
- (zoology) Any of numerous species of marine univalve shells belonging to Trochus and allied genera of the family Trochidae.
Hyponyms
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τροχός (trokhós, “wheel”).
Noun
trochus m (genitive trochī); second declension
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | trochus | trochī |
| genitive | trochī | trochōrum |
| dative | trochō | trochīs |
| accusative | trochum | trochōs |
| ablative | trochō | trochīs |
| vocative | troche | trochī |
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