truncus

From Latin truncus. Doublet of tronk.

truncus (plural trunci)

1. (biology) The thorax of an insect.
2. (medicine) The trunk (torso) of the human body or other animal body.
3. (medicine) An arterial trunk, such as the truncus arteriosus.
4. (geometry) A curve in the Cartesian plane consisting of all points (x,y) satisfying an equation of the form ${\displaystyle f(x)={a \over (x+b)^{2}}+c}$ where a, b, and c are given constants.

• uncurst

Unknown origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *twerḱ- (“to cut”). Cognate with Ancient Greek σάρξ (sárx), Old Irish tru, troich (“fated to die”) and Latin trux[1] [2][3].

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtrun.kus/, [ˈtrʊŋ.kʊs]

truncus (feminine trunca, neuter truncum); first/second declension

1. maimed, mangled, mutilated

First/second declension.

truncus m (genitive truncī); second declension

1. A tree trunk.
2. (New Latin, biology) The thorax of an insect.
3. (New Latin, medicine) The trunk (torso) of the human body or other animal body.
4. (New Latin, medicine) An arterial trunk, such as the truncus arteriosus.
5. A piece cut off.

Second declension.

• (tree trunk): capitō (Mediaeval)

• truncō
• trunculus

• truncus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• truncus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• truncus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• truncus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette