trochus Latin · revision 4616

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=Laevius|origins=grc τρέχω}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''trochus''' ''m'' (genitive trochī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|τροχός|tr=trokhós|t=wheel]],^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879) from [[m|grc|τρέχω|tr=trékhō|t=to run]].^(Etymonline) Köbler traces the Greek to [[ine-pro|*dʰregʰ-|t=to run]].^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler records it from Laevius onwards.^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Laevius to the 2nd/1st century BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was a metal hoop hung with small rings that jingled, bowled by boys as a game or exercise.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) Horace speaks of a youth more skilled at playing with the Greek hoop or with forbidden dice, and Propertius, Ovid and Martial mention it too.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Pliny the Elder uses it of an unidentified fish.^(OLD 2012)

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+ British medieval writers used it of a hoop and of a top.^(DMLBS) Etymonline says [[en|truck]] “small wheel”, recorded in the 1610s, is probably from this word.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 2nd/1st century BC – Laevius uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace mentions the Greek hoop.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder uses it of a fish.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1610s – English ''truck'' “small wheel” is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A metal [[m|en|hoop]] for games or exercise.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # An unidentified fish.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A [[m|en|top]].^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[trochlea]]

+ * [[en|truck]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}