trochus

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

New Latin , from Ancient Greek τροχός (trokhós, “wheel”).

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

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for trochus in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

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

Noun

trochus m (genitive trochī); second declension

  1. iron hoop

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

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)
  • trochus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, 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
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