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lituus

/ˈlɪtju.əs/

lituus noun: a military trumpet.

Noun

lituus (plural litui)

  1. A military trumpet.
    • 1786: Fig. 3. A Roman Lituus, or military trumpet, such as is mentioned by Horace in his first ode. — Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page vi.
  2. An augur's staff with a recurved top.
  3. A curve with polar equation r²θ=a², where a is a constant.

Forms of lituus

plurallitui

Origin of lituus

Unadapted borrowing from Latin lituus.

Questions about lituus

What does lituus mean?
Lituus means a military trumpet.
What part of speech is lituus?
Lituus is a noun.
How do you pronounce lituus?
Lituus is pronounced /ˈlɪtju.əs/.
What is the plural of lituus?
The plural of lituus is litui.

Words near lituus in the dictionary

  1. liturgized
  2. liturgizes
  3. liturgizing
  4. liturgy
  5. liturgy of the hours
  6. lituus
  7. Litvak
  8. Litvaks
  9. litverse
  10. litverses
  11. Litvin

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