trochiscus

English

Etymology

From Latin trochiscus, from Ancient Greek τρόχισκος (trókhiskos, “a small ball”). See troche.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɹəˈkɪskəs/

Noun

trochiscus (plural trochisci)

1. (obsolete) A kind of tablet or lozenge; a troche.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “trochiscus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τρόχισκος (trókhiskos, “a small ball”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /troˈkʰis.kus/, [t̪rɔˈkʰɪs̠kʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /troˈkis.kus/, [t̪roˈkiskus]

Noun

trochiscus m (genitive trochiscī); second declension

1. (medicine) A pill, troche

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	trochiscus	trochiscī
genitive	trochiscī	trochiscōrum
dative	trochiscō	trochiscīs
accusative	trochiscum	trochiscōs
ablative	trochiscō	trochiscīs
vocative	trochisce	trochiscī

Synonyms

• pillus

References

• trochiscus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.