verticillus

English

Etymology

Latin, a whirl.

Noun

verticillus (plural verticilli)

1. (botany) A whorl; a verticil.

Latin

Etymology

vertex +‎ -illus

Noun

verticillus m (genitive verticillī); second declension

1. whirl
2. eddy

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	verticillus	verticillī
Genitive	verticillī	verticillōrum
Dative	verticillō	verticillīs
Accusative	verticillum	verticillōs
Ablative	verticillō	verticillīs
Vocative	verticille	verticillī

Descendants

• Catalan: verticil
• Galician: verticilo
• Italian: verticillo
• Portuguese: verticilo
• Spanish: verticilo

References

• “verticillus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• verticillus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.