trochus
English
Etymology
From New Latin Trochus, from Ancient Greek τροχός (trokhós, “wheel”).
Noun
trochus (plural trochuses or trochi)
- (malacology) Any member of the genus Trochus, or more generally of the family Trochidae; in non-specialist usage, including species formerly classified in that family, particularly Tectus niloticus.
Hyponyms
- topshell
References
Trochus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Trochus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Trochus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams
- crouths
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τροχός (trokhós, “wheel”).
Noun
trochus m (genitive trochī); second declension
- iron hoop
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | trochus | trochī |
| Genitive | trochī | trochōrum |
| Dative | trochō | trochīs |
| Accusative | trochum | trochōs |
| Ablative | trochō | trochīs |
| Vocative | troche | trochī |
Descendants
- Translingual: Trochus
References
- “trochus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “trochus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- trochus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- trochus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “trochus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “trochus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- “trochus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin