trochus

English

Etymology

From New Latin Trochus, from Ancient Greek τροχός (trokhós, “wheel”).

Noun

trochus (plural trochuses or trochi)

1. (malacology) Any member of the genus Trochus, or more generally of the family Trochidae; in non-specialist usage, including species formerly classified in that family, particularly Tectus niloticus.

Hyponyms

• topshell

References

• Trochus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Trochus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Trochus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• crouths

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek τροχός (trokhós, “wheel”).

Noun

trochus m (genitive trochī); second declension

1. iron hoop

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	trochus	trochī
genitive	trochī	trochōrum
dative	trochō	trochīs
accusative	trochum	trochōs
ablative	trochō	trochīs
vocative	troche	trochī

Related terms

• trochiscus

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: troco, trocco
• Borrowings:
• → Translingual: Trochus

References

• “trochus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “trochus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "trochus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “trochus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “trochus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “trochus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• “trochus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin