nodus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nōdus (“a knot”). Doublet of knot, knout, and node.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -əʊdəs

Noun

nodus (plural nodi)

1. A difficulty.
2. (zoology) In the Odonata, a prominent crossvein near the centre of the leading edge of a wing.

Derived terms

• lymphonodus
• nodal

Anagrams

• Sound, sound, udons, undos

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin nōdus (“knot”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈnodus/ [ˈno.dʊs]
• Rhymes: -odus
• Syllabification: no‧dus

Noun

nodus (plural nodus-nodus)

1. (botany) articulation: a joint between two separable parts, as a leaf and a stem

   Synonyms: artikulasi, buku

2. (anatomy) node: a small mass of tissue that can be a knot, knob, or swelling

   Synonym: buku

Derived terms

• nodus atrioventrikel
• nodus atrioventrikular
• nodus Bouchard
• nodus Calot
• nodus hati kura
• nodus Heberden
• nodus Henson
• nodus limfa
• nodus limfatikus servikalis anterior
• nodus limfe Delphian
• nodus limfe servikal
• nodus limpa gastrik
• nodus metastatik
• nodus Osler
• nodus pemerah susu
• nodus Ranvier
• nodus Schmorl
• nodus sendi jari
• nodus sinoatrium
• nodus trakeobronkial inferior

• aritmia nodus
• bradikardia nodus
• diseksi blok nodus limfe

Further reading

• “nodus”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain. Per De Vaan, potentially a loanword; it is possibly related to nassa (“fish-trap made of wickerwork”) and necto (“I bind”).

One theory derives it from Proto-Indo-European *gned-, *gnod- (“to bind”) and makes it cognate to Proto-Germanic *knuttô (“knot”) (whence Modern English knot).

Another theory derives it from Proto-Indo-European *ned- (“to turn, twist, knot”), whence English net and possibly nettle, Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬯𐬐𐬀- (naska-, “bundle”), Old Irish nascim (“to bind”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈnoː.dʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈnɔː.dus]

Noun

nōdus m (genitive nōdī); second declension

1. a knot (in rope)
2. a knot (in wood)
3. a knob
4. a bond
5. an obligation
6. a sticking point
7. (in the plural) a knotted fishing net

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	nōdus	nōdī
genitive	nōdī	nōdōrum
dative	nōdō	nōdīs
accusative	nōdum	nōdōs
ablative	nōdō	nōdīs
vocative	nōde	nōdī

Synonyms

• (knot): nōdāmen

Derived terms

• nōdus Herculis, nōdus Herculāneus (“a knot difficult to untie”)
• nōdum in scirpō querō (“to look for knots in a bulrush which contains none; to find difficulties where there are none”)
• nōdus lymphāticus (“lymph node”)
• nōdus linguae (“the bond or tie of the tongue”)

  Nōdum linguae rumpere.

  To break the bond of the tongue.

• nōdus tollens (“the feeling that the plot of one's own life no longer makes sense (neologism)”)

Related terms

• ēnōdis
• internōdium
• nōdō
• nōdōsē
• nōdōsitās
• nōdōsus
• nōdulus

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: nod, nodu
  • Romanian: nod
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: nodo
• Padanian:
  • Piedmontese: neu
  • Romansch: nuf, nuv, nouv
• Northern Gallo Romance:
  • Old French: neu
    • Bourguignon: nou
    • Champenois: nou
    • Franc-Comtois: noud
    • French: nœud
    • Norman: noeud
    • Picard: neu
    • Poitevin-Saintongeais: nouc
    • Walloon: nuk
  • Old Occitan: nou
    • ⇒ Old Occitan: nous, nos pl
      • Occitan: nos
      • → Middle English: nose
        • English: noose
    • Gascon: nod, nòd, nòi
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Asturian: nuedu, ñuedu (Central), nodiu, noyu (Western)
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: noo
    • Galician: nó
    • Portuguese: nó
• Sardinian:
  • nodu, nudu
• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *nūdus
  • Southern Gallo-Romance:
    • Aragonese: nugo, ñudo
    • Gascon: nud, nus, nuth
    • Old Catalan: nuu
      • Catalan: nuu, nu, nuc
      • ⇒ Catalan: nus
  • Ibero-Romance:
    • Asturian: nudu, ñudu (Eastern) (perhaps influenced by Spanish)
    • Old Spanish:
      • Spanish: nudo
• Borrowings:
  • → Irish: nód
  • → Middle English: node
    • English: node
      • → Irish: nód
  • → Old Albanian: nye, neu
    • Albanian: nyjë, nyje, neje, nye — Gheg
  • → Portuguese: nodo
  • → Spanish: nodo

See also

• nexus

Further reading

• “nodus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “nodus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "nodus", 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)
• “nodus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “nodus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin nodus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ.dus/
• Rhymes: -ɔdus
• Syllabification: no‧dus

Noun

nodus m inan

1. (religion) node (part of a stem of a chalice for mass resembling a small chapel)

Declension

Declension of nodus

	singular	plural
nominative	nodus	nodusy
genitive	nodusu	nodusów
dative	nodusowi	nodusom
accusative	nodus	nodusy
instrumental	nodusem	nodusami
locative	nodusie	nodusach
vocative	nodusie	nodusy

Further reading

• nodus in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1904), “nodus”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 3, Warsaw, page 401