nodus

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin nōdus (“a knot”). Doublet of knot, knout, and node. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -əʊdəs === Noun === nodus (plural nodi) A difficulty. (zoology) In the Odonata, a prominent crossvein near the centre of the leading edge of a wing. ==== Derived terms ==== === Anagrams === Sound, sound, udons, undos == Indonesian == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin nōdus (“knot”). === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈnodus/ [ˈno.dʊs] Rhymes: -odus Syllabification: no‧dus === Noun === nodus (plural nodus-nodus) (botany) articulation: a joint between two separable parts, as a leaf and a stem Synonyms: artikulasi, buku (anatomy) node: a small mass of tissue that can be a knot, knob, or swelling Synonym: buku ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “nodus”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Latin == === Etymology === Uncertain. Per De Vaan, potentially a loanword; it is possibly related to nassa (“fish-trap made of wickerwork”) and necto (“I bind”). One theory derives it from Proto-Indo-European *gned-, *gnod- (“to bind”) and makes it cognate to Proto-Germanic *knuttô (“knot”) (whence Modern English knot). Another theory derives it from Proto-Indo-European *ned- (“to turn, twist, knot”), whence English net and possibly nettle, Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬯𐬐𐬀- (naska-, “bundle”), Old Irish nascim (“to bind”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnoː.dʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈnɔː.dus] === Noun === nōdus m (genitive nōdī); second declension a knot (in rope) a knot (in wood) a knob a bond an obligation a sticking point (in the plural) a knotted fishing net ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Synonyms ==== (knot): nōdāmen ==== Derived terms ==== nōdus Herculis, nōdus Herculāneus (“a knot difficult to untie”) nōdum in scirpō querō (“to look for knots in a bulrush which contains none; to find difficulties where there are none”) nōdus lymphāticus (“lymph node”) nōdus linguae (“the bond or tie of the tongue”) Nōdum linguae rumpere. To break the bond of the tongue. nōdus tollens (“the feeling that the plot of one's own life no longer makes sense (neologism)”) ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== ==== See also ==== nexus === References === === Further reading === “nodus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “nodus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "nodus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “nodus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “nodus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin == Polish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin nodus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnɔ.dus/ Rhymes: -ɔdus Syllabification: no‧dus === Noun === nodus m inan (religion) node (part of a stem of a chalice for mass resembling a small chapel) ==== Declension ==== === References === === Further reading === nodus in Polish dictionaries at PWN J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1904), “nodus”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 3, Warsaw, page 401