talus

== English == === Alternative forms === tallus === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈteɪləs/ Rhymes: -eɪləs === Etymology 1 === From Latin tālus. ==== Noun ==== talus (plural tali) (anatomy) The bone of the ankle. ===== Synonyms ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== === Etymology 2 === From French talus. ==== Noun ==== talus (plural taluses) (geology) A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice. (architecture) The slope of an embankment wall, which is thicker at the bottom than at the top. ===== Coordinate terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ===== References ===== William Duane, A Military Dictionary, p. 179. Talus in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911) === Anagrams === Altus, Aults, Austl., Latus, Tauls, Tulsa, latus, sault == Estonian == === Noun === talus inessive singular of talu == French == === Etymology === Unknown. Possibly from Gaulish *talutum (“slope”), derived from *talu (“front”), from Proto-Celtic *talu (“front”). Compare Latin talutium (“slope containing gold deposits”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ta.ly/ === Noun === talus m (invariable) slope, embankment ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: talús → English: talus → Spanish: talud→ Dutch: talud→ English: talud→ Galician: talude→ Portuguese: talude === References === === Further reading === “talus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === salut == Indonesian == === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈtalus/ [ˈt̪a.lʊs] Rhymes: -alus Syllabification: ta‧lus === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Dutch thallus, from Ancient Greek θαλλός (thallós). ==== Noun ==== talus (plural talus-talus) (botany) thallus === Etymology 2 === Learned borrowing from Latin tālus. ==== Noun ==== talus (plural talus-talus) (anatomy) talus === Further reading === “talus”, 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 Mien A. Rifai; Ratna Siri Hadioetomo; Indrawati Ganjar (1992), Kamus Mikrobiologi [Dictionary of Microbiology] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, page 141: “talus” == Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *tākslos, with multiple theories proposed: Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *téh₂g-s-los, from *teh₂g- (“to touch”) (whence tangō). Alternatively, cognate with Sanskrit तल (tala, “plane, surface”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) From *steh₂- (“to stand”) +‎ *-tleh₂/*-dʰleh₂ (instrument noun suffix), and directly cognate with Welsh sawdl (“heel”). This is phonetically difficult, as it requires an s-less variant of *steh₂-, as well as addition of an unknown and arbitrary suffix *-k-. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtaː.ɫʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtaː.lus] === Noun === tālus m (genitive tālī); second declension (anatomy) the ankle or anklebone (of animals), talus; knucklebone (dice games) an oblong die rounded at its ends and only marked on its other four sides Coordinate terms: tessera, ālea (figuratively) the heel ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Synonyms ==== (heel): calx, tālō (Medieval Latin) ==== Derived terms ==== subtel tālāris tālārius tālō; tālōnus (Medieval Latin, from Romance) tāxillus ==== Descendants ==== === References === === Further reading === “talus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “talus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "talus", 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) “talus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. “talus”, in The Perseus Project (1999), Perseus Encyclopedia‎[2] “talus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “talus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin