lituos
masculine noun II declension
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1 he crooked staff born by the augurs, an augur's crook or crosier, augural wands
2 crooked wind-instrument used to give signals in war, a curved trumpet, cornet, clarion
3 (figuratively) a signal
4 (figuratively) instigator, author
masculine noun II declension
View the declension of this word
1 he crooked staff born by the augurs, an augur's crook or crosier, augural wands
2 crooked wind-instrument used to give signals in war, a curved trumpet, cornet, clarion
3 (figuratively) a signal
4 (figuratively) instigator, author
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Locutions, idioms and examples
augur baculum aduncum tenens quem lituum appellarunt || ab eius litui, quo canitur, similitudine nomen invenit (bacillum) = (the augur's staff) derives its name from, [lituus], due to its similarity with the [lituus] that is played, that is the trumpet || baculum sine nodo aduncum tenens, quem lituum appellarunt (= appellaverunt)
lituos masc. noun II decl.
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