tornus

See also: torņus

English

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

Noun

tornus (plural torni)

(entomology) The bottom corner of a wing.

Related terms

tornal

Anagrams

Ruston, tourns, unsort

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/, [ˈtɔr.nʊs]

Noun

tornus m (genitive tornī); second declension

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

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	tornus	tornī
genitive	tornī	tornōrum
dative	tornō	tornīs
accusative	tornum	tornōs
ablative	tornō	tornīs
vocative	torne	tornī

Derived terms

tornō

Related terms

Descendants

Catalan: torn
French: tour
German: Turnus

Italian: tornio
Portuguese: torno
Spanish: torno

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)
tornus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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