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Latin
Etymology
Representing Old Norse Þórr; morphologically, Latin -us is parallel to Old Norse -r. Attested since the Middle Ages, and used by the Dane Saxo Grammaticus. Otherwise called Iuppiter via interpretation.
Pronunciation
Noun
Thōrus m sg (genitive Thōrī); second declension
- (Medieval Latin, Norse mythology, Germanic paganism) Thor
Usage notes
- Identified (as the god) with Jupiter already since Antiquity (see the etymology of Thursday) and explicitly in Medieval sources, and so acts as a hyponym to Iuppiter.
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
Derived terms