τόρνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *tórnos, from Proto-Indo-European *ter- (“to rub, bore, twist”). Cognate with Ancient Greek τόρμος (tórmos, “socket”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tór.nos/ → /ˈtor.nos/ → /ˈtor.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tór.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtor.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈtor.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈtor.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈtor.nos/

Noun

τόρνος • (tórnos) m (genitive τόρνου); second declension

1. A tool similar to a pair of compasses used to draw a circle
2. A lathe
3. That which is turned, circle, round

Declension

Second declension of ὁ τόρνος; τοῦ τόρνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ τόρνος ho tórnos	τὼ τόρνω tṑ tórnō	οἱ τόρνοι hoi tórnoi
Genitive	τοῦ τόρνου toû tórnou	τοῖν τόρνοιν toîn tórnoin	τῶν τόρνων tôn tórnōn
Dative	τῷ τόρνῳ tôi tórnōi	τοῖν τόρνοιν toîn tórnoin	τοῖς τόρνοις toîs tórnois
Accusative	τὸν τόρνον tòn tórnon	τὼ τόρνω tṑ tórnō	τοὺς τόρνους toùs tórnous
Vocative	τόρνε tórne	τόρνω tórnō	τόρνοι tórnoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἔντορνος (éntornos)
• τορνίσκος (tornískos)
• τορνόομαι (tornóomai)
• τορνώτος (tornṓtos)
• τορνεύω (torneúō)

Descendants

• → Latin: tornus
  • Italian: tornio
  • Spanish: torno

Further reading

• “τόρνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• τόρνος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette