τόρνος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *tórnos, from Proto-Indo-European *terH- (“to rub, bore, twist”). Cognate with Ancient Greek τόρμος (tórmos, “socket”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

τόρνος • (tórnos) m (genitive τόρνου); second declension

  1. A tool similar to a pair of compasses used to draw a circle
  2. A lathe
  3. That which is turned, circle, round

Declension

Second declension of ὁ τόρνος; τοῦ τόρνου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ τόρνος
ho tórnos 		τὼ τόρνω
tṑ tórnō 		οἱ τόρνοι
hoi tórnoi
Genitive τοῦ τόρνου
toû tórnou 		τοῖν τόρνοιν
toîn tórnoin 		τῶν τόρνων
tôn tórnōn
Dative τῷ τόρνῳ
tôi tórnōi 		τοῖν τόρνοιν
toîn tórnoin 		τοῖς τόρνοις
toîs tórnois
Accusative τὸν τόρνον
tòn tórnon 		τὼ τόρνω
tṑ tórnō 		τοὺς τόρνους
toùs tórnous
Vocative τόρνε
tórne 		τόρνω
tórnō 		τόρνοι
tórnoi
Notes:

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Latin: tornus (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “τόρνος”, in 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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