What does discus mean in Latin?

discus, a noun, means “a discus, quoit; a dish shaped like a discus; disc of a sundial”.

What is the genitive of discus?

The genitive singular is discī. discus is masculine, second declension.

In classical Latin, [ˈdɪs.kʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈdis.kus].

noun · masculinesecond declension

discus m (genitive discī)

Classical[ˈdɪs.kʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈdis.kus]

Mille Verba core vocabulary

masculinea discus, quoit
masculinea dish shaped like a discus
masculinedisc of a sundial
masculinea plate
Medieval Latinmasculinetable, a piece of furniture with a flat surface to eat from or write upon

orbis plānus et gravis, quem athlētae iaciunt.

discus -ī m — in Mille Verba, ch. Lūdī et Ōtium

lānx, orbis plānus

discus -ī (m) — in Evangelium secundum Marcum, ch. 10

discus, i, m., = δίσκος.

I. A quoit, an implement for exercise in ancient gymnastics, Stat. Th. 6, 646 sq.; Prop. 3, 14, 10 (4, 13, 10 M.); Hor. C. 1, 8, 11; id. S. 2, 2, 13; id. A. P. 380; Ov. M. 10, 177 al.—

b. Prov.: qui discum audire quam philosophum malunt, i. e. who prefer trifles to serious things, Cic. de Or. 2, 5, 21.—

II. A dish, so called because shaped like a quoit, App. M. 2, p. 125; Vulg. Matt. 14, 8.—

III. The disc of a dial, a sundial, Vitr. 9, 9, 1.

Discus, i, m.,

I. the name of a freedman, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 60.

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos).

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