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===Etymology=== |
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From {{inh|la|itc-pro|*dorsom}}, with no certain cognates in any other Indo-European languages. Has been linked to {{m|la|deorsum||downwards}} < {{m|la|*dēvorsum}}, but their contemporaneous use suggests that one was not a phonetic development of the other.<ref>Ramat, The Indo-European Languages</ref> A potential connection with a {{cog|cel-pro|* |
From {{inh|la|itc-pro|*dorsom}}, with no certain cognates in any other Indo-European languages. Has been linked to {{m|la|deorsum||downwards}} < {{m|la|*dēvorsum}}, but their contemporaneous use suggests that one was not a phonetic development of the other.<ref>Ramat, The Indo-European Languages</ref> A potential connection with a {{cog|cel-pro|*drosman|*dros-man}}, giving {{cog|sga|druimm||back, ridge}}, is unclear. |
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===Pronunciation=== |
===Pronunciation=== |
Revision as of 17:08, 8 August 2021
English
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Etymology
Borrowing from Latin dorsum (“the back”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
dorsum (plural dorsa)
- (anatomy) The back or dorsal region on the surface of an animal.
- Synonym: back
- The back of the tongue, used for articulating dorsal consonants.
- The top of the foot or the back of the hand.
- (geology) A ridge on a hill, or on the surface of a planet or moon.
- (astronomy) Theta Capricorni, a star on the back of the Goat.
Related terms
Translations
back of an animal
back of the tongue
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top of the foot or back of the hand
ridge on a hill
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References
- “dorsum”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “dorsum”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Anagrams
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *dorsom, with no certain cognates in any other Indo-European languages. Has been linked to deorsum (“downwards”) < *dēvorsum, but their contemporaneous use suggests that one was not a phonetic development of the other.[1] A potential connection with a Proto-Celtic *dros-man, giving Old Irish druimm (“back, ridge”), is unclear.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈdor.sum/, [ˈd̪ɔrs̠ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈdor.sum/, [ˈd̪ɔrsum]
Noun
dorsum n (genitive dorsī); second declension
- (anatomy) the back (part of the body between the neck and buttocks)
- (transferred sense) the ridge, summit of a hill
- Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita I, 3:
- Quae ab situ porrectae in dorso urbis Longa Alba appellata
- This [new city] was named Alba Longa, from its position, as it lay stretched out along the ridge
- Quae ab situ porrectae in dorso urbis Longa Alba appellata
Inflection
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | dorsum | dorsa |
Genitive | dorsī | dorsōrum |
Dative | dorsō | dorsīs |
Accusative | dorsum | dorsa |
Ablative | dorsō | dorsīs |
Vocative | dorsum | dorsa |
Antonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
Descendants of dorsum in other languages
References
- “dorsum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “dorsum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- dorsum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- dorsum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ Ramat, The Indo-European Languages
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