discus
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
1656. From Latin discus, from Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos, “disk, quoit, platter”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
discus (plural discuses)
- A round plate-like object that is thrown for sport.
- 2004, Frank Fitzpatrick, "The amazing story of the first discus medal winner", The Philadelphia Inquirer, August 18,
- He [Robert Garrett] won even though he hadn't ever touched a real discus until just before the event was held.
- 2008, John Branch, "Estonia's Kanter Celebrates Gold Medal in the Discus His Way", The New York Times, August 23,
- [Gerd] Kanter had agreed to demonstrate his throwing skill on Friday, but rather than bringing his own discuses—he usually travels with about five of them, […]
- 2004, Frank Fitzpatrick, "The amazing story of the first discus medal winner", The Philadelphia Inquirer, August 18,
- (uncountable) The athletics sport of discus throwing.
- 2008, "Weir lays down marker in Beijing", BBC, September 8,
- And Chris Martin took a silver medal in the discus on the opening day in the Bird's Nest, […]
- 2008, "Weir lays down marker in Beijing", BBC, September 8,
- (plural: discus) A discus fish (genus Symphysodon)
- 2008, Carol Roberts, "History of Discus", North American Discus Association,
- The main body of the Amazon River is too fast, too deep, and too silt laden for discus.
- 2008, Carol Roberts, "History of Discus", North American Discus Association,
- (rare, dated) A chakram.
- 1893, Krishna-Swaipayana Vyasa, translated by K. M. Ganguli, The Mahabharata, Adi Parva, Section XIX,
- And Narayana instantly cut off with his discus the well-adorned head of the Danava who was drinking the Amrita without permission.
- 1899, Thomas William Rhys Davids (transl.), Digha Nikaya, "Sàmañña-Phàla Sutta",
- If with a discus with an edge sharp as a razor he should make all the living creatures on the earth one heap, one mass, of flesh, […]
- 1893, Krishna-Swaipayana Vyasa, translated by K. M. Ganguli, The Mahabharata, Adi Parva, Section XIX,
Usage notes[edit]
- Although an alternative Latinate plural disci is often cited, it is hardly ever used in practice.
Synonyms[edit]
- (round plate): quoit
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
round plate-like object for throwing
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athletics sport of throwing the discus
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Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin discus, from Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos). First attested in the eighteenth century.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
discus m (plural discussen, diminutive discusje n)
- discus
- Synonym: werpschijf
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
discus m (genitive discī); second declension
Inflection[edit]
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | discus | discī |
Genitive | discī | discōrum |
Dative | discō | discīs |
Accusative | discum | discōs |
Ablative | discō | discīs |
Vocative | disce | discī |
Descendants[edit]
- Old French: deis, dois
- Old Italian: desco
- Old Occitan:
- Occitan: des
- Old Spanish:
- → Albanian: dhisk
- → Asturian: discu
- → Catalan: disc
- → Danish: diskos
- → Dutch: discus
- → French: disque
- → English: discus
- → Galician: disco
- → Germanic: *diskaz, *diskuz
- → Hebrew: דִּיסְקוּס (dískus)
- → Italian: disco
- → Portuguese: disco
- → Spanish: disco
- → Basque: disko
- → Swedish: diskus
References[edit]
- discus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- discus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- discus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- discus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- discus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- discus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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