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English
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Latin lituus.
Pronunciation
Noun
lituus (plural litui)
- A military trumpet.
- 1786: Fig. 3. A Roman Lituus, or military trumpet, such as is mentioned by Horace in his first ode. — Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page vi.
- An augur's staff with a recurved top.
- (geometry) A curve with polar equation , where a is a constant.
Further reading
Latin
Etymology
From Etruscan or from Proto-Indo-European *(e)lAi- (“to bend”).[1] Compare English lith and German Glied (“limb”).
Pronunciation
Noun
lituus m (genitive lituī); second declension
- a military trumpet
- a curved staff
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Derived terms
References
- “lituus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “lituus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- lituus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “lituus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “lituus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Romanian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Latin lituus.
Noun
lituus n (plural lituusuri)
- lituus
Declension
References
- lituus in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN