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]Uncertain.[1] Per De Vaan, potentially a loanword; it is possibly related to nassa (“fish-trap made of wickerwork”) and necto (“I bind”).[1]
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
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈnoː.dus/, [ˈnoːd̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈno.dus/, [ˈnɔːd̪us]
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)”)
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Balkan Romance:
- Italo-Romance:
- Italian: nodo
- Padanian:
- Northern Gallo Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Sardinian:
- ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *nūdus
- Borrowings:
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “nōdus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 412
Further reading
[edit]- “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
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