canthus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin canthus (“the tire of a wheel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkænθəs/

Noun

canthus (plural canthi)

1. (anatomy) Either corner of the eye, where the eyelids meet.
   • 1955, Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita:

     the lowly East with its deer head (dark trace of long tear at inner canthus

   • 2015 August 26, “Effects of Relaxing Music on Mental Fatigue Induced by a Continuous Performance Task: Behavioral and ERPs Evidence”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     A ground electrode located between Fpz and Fz. The electro-oculogram (EOG) was recorded bipolarly from two electrodes placed at the outer canthi of the right eye and below the left eye.

Translations

corner of the eye, where the eyelids meet

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 眼角 (zh) (yǎnjiǎo), 眥／眦 (zh) (zì), 眦 (zh) (zì)

• French: canthus (fr) m
• Greek: κανθός (el) m (kanthós)

  Ancient: κανθός m (kanthós)

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• Hungarian: szemzug
• Persian: چشم‌گوشه
• Romanian: cantusul m

Anagrams

• chaunts, staunch

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Latin

Etymology

Alternative spelling of cantus. The term for "rim of a wheel" is ultimately of Gaulish origin, from Proto-Celtic *kantos (“corner, rim”). Related to Breton kant (“circle”), Old Irish cétad (“round seat”), Welsh cant (“rim, edge”).

The frequent spelling with -th- is due to the influence of unrelated (or possible Indo-European cognate) κανθός (kanthós) "corner of the eye", which after its borrowing became conflated with the Gaulish term for "rim" in Latin.

Noun

canthus m (genitive canthī); second declension

1. the iron ring around a carriage wheel; the tire
2. a wheel
3. (anatomy) corner of the eye

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	canthus	canthī
Genitive	canthī	canthōrum
Dative	canthō	canthīs
Accusative	canthum	canthōs
Ablative	canthō	canthīs
Vocative	canthe	canthī

Descendants

• Catalan: cantó
• French: chant; → canthus
• Italian: canto
• Portuguese: canto
• → Romanian: cantusul
• Spanish: canto
• → Dutch: kant
• → English: canthus
• → German: Kante