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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *tórnos, from Proto-Indo-European *ter- (“to rub, bore, twist”). Cognate with Ancient Greek τόρμος (tórmos, “socket”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tór.nos/ → /ˈtor.nos/ → /ˈtor.nos/
Noun
τόρνος • (tórnos) m (genitive τόρνου); second declension
- A tool similar to a pair of compasses used to draw a circle
- A lathe
- That which is turned, circle, round
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References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1495-6
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