English

Noun

cardo ‎(plural cardines)

1. (zoology) The basal joint of the maxilla in insects
2. (zoology) The hinge of a bivalve shell.

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin carduus ‎(“thistle”).

Noun

cardo m ‎(plural cardi)

1. thistle
2. teasel
3. implement for carding wool with thistle-like bristles, card

Synonyms

• (implement for carding wool) scardasso

Derived terms

• cardeto
• cardone

Verb

cardo

1. first-person singular present indicative of cardare

Etymology 2

From Latin cardō ‎(“hinge, astronomical pole”), hence, north-south line.

Noun

cardo m ‎(plural cardi)

1. The principal north-south street in Roman cities or encampments

Anagrams

• cadrò, corda, croda

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain. Traditionally related to κράδη ‎(krádē, “twig, spray; swing, crane in the drama”), but unlikely as the concordant sense of swing is metaphorical and likely too recent.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.doː/

Noun

cardō m ‎(genitive cardinis); third declension

1. hinge (of a door or gate), usually a pivot and socket in Roman times.
2. (by extension) a tenon, mortice, or socket
3. (figuratively) turning point, critical moment or action
4. (astronomy) a pole

Inflection

Third declension.

Derived terms

• cardinālis

Descendants

• French: carne, charnière
• Italian: cardine

References

• cardo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cardo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• CARDO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “cardo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the pole: vertex caeli, axis caeli, cardo caeli
    
• cardo in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cardo in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin carduus.

Noun

cardo m (plural cardos)

1. thistle (plant)

Related terms

• cárdeo

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin carduus.

Noun

cardo m ‎(plural cardos)

1. thistle
2. cardoon

Verb

cardo

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of cardar.