conus

Etymology

Latin cōnus (“cone”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkəʊnəs/

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Noun

conus (plural coni)

1. (obsolete, geometry) A cone.

References

• “conus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κῶνος (kônos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkoː.nus/, [ˈkoːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈko.nus/, [ˈkɔːnus]

Noun

cōnus m (genitive cōnī); second declension

1. cone

References

• “conus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “conus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "conus", 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)
• conus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.