Talus

·noun The Astragalus.

II. Talus ·noun A slope; the inclination of the face of a work.

III. Talus ·noun A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice.

IV. Talus ·noun A variety of clubfoot (Talipes calcaneus). ·see the Note under Talipes.

talus
tālus, i, m. [from tax-lus; root tak-, tvak-; cf. Gr. τάσσω, whence taxus; cf. taxillus], the ankle,...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
talus
tālus ī, m TEC-, an ankle, ankle-bone, pasternbone, knuckle-bone : taloque tenus vestigia tinguit,...

An Elementary Latin Dictionary