English
Noun
lituus (plural litui)
- A military trumpet.
#:Quotations
#:*1786: Fig. 3. A Roman Lituus, or military trumpet, such as is mentioned by Horace in his first ode. — Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page vi.
- geometry A curve with polar equation <math>r^2 \theta = a^2</math>, where a is a constant.
External links
Mathworld article on the lituus in the geometrical sense
Latin
Noun
lituus m Wiktionary Appendix:Latin second declension|2nd declension
- a military trumpet
- a curved staff
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