trochus

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English

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Etymology

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From New Latin Trochus, from Ancient Greek τροχός (trokhós, wheel).

Noun

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trochus (plural trochuses or trochi)

  1. (malacology) Any member of the genus Trochus, or more generally of the family Trochidae; in non-specialist usage, including species formerly classified in that family, particularly Tectus niloticus.

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek τροχός (trokhós, wheel).

Noun

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trochus m (genitive trochī); second declension

  1. iron hoop

Declension

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Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative trochus trochī
Genitive trochī trochōrum
Dative trochō trochīs
Accusative trochum trochōs
Ablative trochō trochīs
Vocative troche trochī
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Descendants

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References

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  • 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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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