Ocella

Latin

Etymology

From ocellus (“little eye”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /oˈkel.la/, [ɔˈkɛlːʲä]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /oˈt͡ʃel.la/, [oˈt͡ʃɛlːä]

Proper noun

Ocella m sg (genitive Ocellae); first declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Servius Ocella, a man mentioned by Ovid

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Ocella
genitive	Ocellae
dative	Ocellae
accusative	Ocellam
ablative	Ocellā
vocative	Ocella

References

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