τόρνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *torh₂no-, from Proto-Indo-European *ter- (“to rub, bore, twist”). Cognate with Ancient Greek τόρμος (tórmos, “socket”).

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:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • ἔντορνος (éntornos)
  • τορνίσκος (tornískos)
  • τορνόομαι (tornóomai)
  • τορνώτος (tornṓtos)
  • τορνεύω (torneúō)

Descendants

Further reading
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