torulus

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of torus

Noun

torulus m (genitive torulī); second declension

a tuft of hair

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	torulus	torulī
genitive	torulī	torulōrum
dative	torulō	torulīs
accusative	torulum	torulōs
ablative	torulō	torulīs
vocative	torule	torulī

Descendants

Italian: tuorlo

References

torulus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
torulus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
torulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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