TALUS

I. noun Etymology: French, from Middle French, probably from Vulgar Latin *talutum side, slope; akin to Latin talutium slope indicating presence of gold under the soil Date: 1645 a slope formed especially by an accumulation of rock debris, rock debris at the base of a cliff, II. noun (plural tali) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin Date: 1578 the human tarsal bone that bears the weight of the body and that together with the tibia and fibula forms the ankle joint, the entire ankle