torulus

English

Etymology

From Latin torulus.

Noun

torulus (plural toruli)

1. (zoology) The socket of an antenna.

Anagrams

• rotulus

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of torus.

Noun

torulus m (genitive torulī); second declension

1. a bulge, swelling, small elevation
2. a tuft of hair
3. a muscle
4. sapwood

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	torulus	torulī
genitive	torulī	torulōrum
dative	torulō	torulīs
accusative	torulum	torulōs
ablative	torulō	torulīs
vocative	torule	torulī

Descendants

• Italian: tuorlo

References

• “torulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "torulus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “torulus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.