cohors

Latin

noun
Definitions
  • a court
  • a farmyard or enclosure
  • a retinue or escort
  • a circle or crowd
  • a cohort; tenth part of a legion
  • a band or armed force
  • a ship's crew
  • a bodyguard
  • a military unit of 500 men

Etymology

Root from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (yearn, enclose, bowels, yearn for, scratch, short, bristle, bowel, catch, wish, shine, guts, scrape, feel inclination, glow, intestine, string).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ǵʰer-

Gloss

yearn, enclose, bowels, yearn for, scratch, short, bristle, bowel, catch, wish, shine, guts, scrape, feel inclination, glow, intestine, string

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

短

Emoji

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