nodus
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Latin, literally a knot.
Noun[edit]
nodus (plural nodi)
- A difficulty.
- (zoology) In the Odonata, a prominent crossvein near the centre of the leading edge of a wing.
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *gned-, *gnod- (“to bind”). Cognate with necto (“I bind”), Ancient Greek γνάθος (gnathos, “a jaw”), Avestan [script?] (naska-, “bundle”), Old Irish nascim (“to bind”), Old Norse knútr (whence Danish knude, Norwegian knut, and Icelandic hnútur), Old English cnotta (Modern English knot), cnyttan (Modern English knit) Old High German knotto (German Knoten), Middle Dutch cnudde (Dutch knot).
Noun[edit]
nōdus m (genitive nodī); 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
Inflection[edit]
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | nōdus | nōdī |
| genitive | nōdī | nōdōrum |
| dative | nōdō | nōdīs |
| accusative | nōdum | nōdōs |
| ablative | nōdō | nōdīs |
| vocative | nōde | nōdī |
See also[edit]
Synonyms[edit]
- (knot): nōdāmen
Related terms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- nodus Herculis, nodus Herculaneus (a knot difficult to untie)
- nodum in scirpo quero (to look for knots in a bulrush which contains none; to find difficulties where there are none)
- nodus linguae (the bond or tie of the tongue)
- Nodum linguae rumpere.
- To break the bond of the tongue.
- Nodum linguae rumpere.
