τόρμος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *tórmos (“borehole”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to rub, bore, twist”). Cognate with Hittite [script needed] (tarma-, “nail, peg”), as well as perhaps Proto-Germanic *þarmaz (“gut, intestine”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

τόρμος • (tórmos) m (genitive τορμου); second declension

  1. a hole or socket in which a peg is stuck
  2. a nave of a wheel
  3. a tenon
  4. a projecting peg or pivot

Declension

Second declension of ὁ τόρμος; τοῦ τόρμου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ τόρμος
ho tórmos 		τὼ τόρμω
tṑ tórmō 		οἱ τόρμοι
hoi tórmoi
Genitive τοῦ τόρμου
toû tórmou 		τοῖν τόρμοιν
toîn tórmoin 		τῶν τόρμων
tôn tórmōn
Dative τῷ τόρμῳ
tōî tórmōi 		τοῖν τόρμοιν
toîn tórmoin 		τοῖς τόρμοις
toîs tórmois
Accusative τὸν τόρμον
tòn tórmon 		τὼ τόρμω
tṑ tórmō 		τοὺς τόρμους
toùs tórmous
Vocative τόρμε
tórme 		τόρμω
tórmō 		τόρμοι
tórmoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • τόρμη (tórmē)
  • τορμίον (tormíon)
  • τορμικά (tormiká)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “τόρμος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1495

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