nodus
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin nōdus (“a knot”). Doublet of knot, knout, and node.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
nodus (plural nodi)
- A difficulty.
- (zoology) In the Odonata, a prominent crossvein near the centre of the leading edge of a wing.
Derived terms[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *gned-, *gnod- (“to bind”). Cognate with necto (“I bind”), Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬯𐬐𐬀- (naska-, “bundle”), Old Irish nascim (“to bind”), Old Norse knútr (whence Danish knude, Norwegian knut, and Icelandic hnútur), Old English cnotta (Modern English knot), Old English cnyttan (Modern English knit), Old High German knotto (German Knoten), Middle Dutch cnudde (Dutch knot), English net, nettle.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
nōdus m (genitive nōdī); second declension
- a knot (in rope)
- a knot (in wood)
- a knob
- a bond
- an obligation
- a sticking point
- (in the plural) a knotted fishing net
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | nōdus | nōdī |
Genitive | nōdī | nōdōrum |
Dative | nōdō | nōdīs |
Accusative | nōdum | nōdōs |
Ablative | nōdō | nōdīs |
Vocative | nōde | nōdī |
Synonyms[edit]
- (knot): nōdāmen
Derived terms[edit]
- 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 linguae (“the bond or tie of the tongue”)
- Nōdum linguae rumpere.
- To break the bond of the tongue.
- Nōdum linguae rumpere.
- nōdus tollens (“the feeling that the plot of one's own life no longer makes sense (neologism)”)
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Descendants[edit]
- Balkan Romance:
- Italo-Romance:
- Italian: nodo
- Padanian:
- Northern Gallo Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Sardinian:
- ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *nūdus
- Borrowings:
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- “nodus”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; 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
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