dorsum
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
dorsum (plural dorsa)
- (anatomy) The back or dorsal region on an animal.
- (geology) A ridge on a hill, or on the surface of a planet or moon.
- (astronomy) Theta Capricorni, a star on the back of the Goat
- The back of the tongue, used for articulating dorsal consonants.
- The top of the foot or the back of the hand.
Synonyms[edit]
- (back of an animal): back
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
back of the tongue
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References[edit]
- dorsum in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Italic, with no known cognates in any other Indo-European languages. Has been linked to deorsum, but their contemporaneous use suggests that one was not a phonetic development of the other.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
dorsum n (genitive dorsī); second declension
Inflection[edit]
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dorsum | dorsa |
| genitive | dorsī | dorsōrum |
| dative | dorsō | dorsīs |
| accusative | dorsum | dorsa |
| ablative | dorsō | dorsīs |
| vocative | dorsum | dorsa |
Antonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- dorsum in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- dorsum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- DORSUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- dorsum in Félix Gaffiot (1934), Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- ^ Ramat, The Indo-European Languages
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- Latin neuter nouns in the second declension
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