trochiscus

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English

Etymology

From Latin trochiscus, from Ancient Greek τρόχισκος (trókhiskos, a small ball). See troche.

Pronunciation

Noun

trochiscus (plural trochisci)

  1. (obsolete) A kind of tablet or lozenge; a troche.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for trochiscus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τρόχισκος (trókhiskos, a small ball).

Pronunciation

Noun

trochiscus m (genitive trochiscī); second declension

  1. (medicine) A pill, troche

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative trochiscus trochiscī
Genitive trochiscī trochiscōrum
Dative trochiscō trochiscīs
Accusative trochiscum trochiscōs
Ablative trochiscō trochiscīs
Vocative trochisce trochiscī

Synonyms

References

  • trochiscus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.