truncus
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English
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Unit_Truncus.png/300px-Unit_Truncus.png)
Etymology
[edit]From Latin truncus. Doublet of tronk and trunk.
Noun
[edit]truncus (plural trunci)
- (biology) The thorax of an insect.
- (medicine) The trunk (torso) of the human body or other animal body.
- (medicine) An arterial trunk, such as the truncus arteriosus.
- (geometry) A curve in the Cartesian plane consisting of all points (x,y) satisfying an equation of the form where a, b, and c are given constants.
Derived terms
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[edit]Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown origin,[1] but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *twerḱ- (“to cut”). Cognate with Ancient Greek σάρξ (sárx), Old Irish tru, troich (“fated to die”) and Latin trux[2][3] and Proto-Slavic *strǫkъ.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈtrun.kus/, [ˈt̪rʊŋkʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtrun.kus/, [ˈt̪ruŋkus]
Adjective
[edit]truncus (feminine trunca, neuter truncum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | truncus | trunca | truncum | truncī | truncae | trunca | |
Genitive | truncī | truncae | truncī | truncōrum | truncārum | truncōrum | |
Dative | truncō | truncō | truncīs | ||||
Accusative | truncum | truncam | truncum | truncōs | truncās | trunca | |
Ablative | truncō | truncā | truncō | truncīs | |||
Vocative | trunce | trunca | truncum | truncī | truncae | trunca |
Descendants
[edit]Noun
[edit]truncus m (genitive truncī); second declension
- tree trunk
- a piece cut off
- (figuratively, derogatory) blockhead, dunce, dolt
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:homo stultus
- (New Latin, biology) the thorax of an insect
- (New Latin, medicine) trunk, torso
- (New Latin, medicine) an arterial trunk, such as the truncus arteriosus
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | truncus | truncī |
Genitive | truncī | truncōrum |
Dative | truncō | truncīs |
Accusative | truncum | truncōs |
Ablative | truncō | truncīs |
Vocative | trunce | truncī |
Synonyms
[edit]- (tree trunk): capitō (Mediaeval)
Derived terms
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[edit]References
[edit]- “truncus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “truncus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- truncus 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)
- truncus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “truncus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 630-1
- ^ Partridge, Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English
- ^ Partridge, Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English
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