Definitions for lituus

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lituus lit·u·us

Spelling: [lit-yoo-uh s]

IPA: /ˈlɪt yu əs/

Lituus is a 6 letter English word.

You can make 66 anagrams from letters in lituus (ilstuu).

Definitions for lituus

noun

1. Geometry. a polar curve generated by the locus of a point moving so that the square of its radius vector varies inversely as the angle the radius vector makes with the polar axis. Equation: θr 2 = a.
2. (in ancient Rome) a crook-shaped staff used by augurs for divination.

Origin of lituus

1605-15; Latin; geometrical sense from the curve's resemblance to such a staff

Examples for lituus

The Roman lituus, the chief ensign of the augurs, became the crozier.

A Roman lituus, or clarion, was found near Tattershall Ferry.

Eckhel infers from the guttus and lituus on one of Sulla's coins that he was an Augur.

lituus, li-tū′us, n. an augur's staff with recurved top: a spiral of similar form.