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tornus

tornus · m

a turner

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Where it lives

De Architectura 3 · 0.52/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k

What it meant

tornus — Lewis & Short

tornus, i, m., = to/rnos,

I a turner's wheel, lathe.

I Lit.: fit quasi ut ad tornum saxorum structa tuamur, Lucr. 4, 361; Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 198; 16, 40, 76, § 205; Vitr. 10, 19 med.: nec tiliae leves torno Non formam accipiunt, Verg. G. 2, 449; id. E. 3, 38 al.—

II Trop.: angusto versus includere torno. Prop. 2, 34, 43; Auct. Paneg. ad Pis. 83.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. tornus (scan pp. 719-720; entry #11966).

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