anellus

Latin

Alternative forms

• ānnellus

Etymology

Diminutive from ānulus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aːˈnel.lus/, [äːˈnɛlːʲʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈnel.lus/, [äˈnɛlːus]

Noun

ānellus m (genitive ānellī); second declension

1. a little ring

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	ānellus	ānellī
genitive	ānellī	ānellōrum
dative	ānellō	ānellīs
accusative	ānellum	ānellōs
ablative	ānellō	ānellīs
vocative	ānelle	ānellī

Related terms

• ānulāris
• ānulārius
• ānulus
• ānus

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: nel
  • Istro-Romanian: arel
  • Megleno-Romanian: ninel
  • Romanian: inel
• Dalmatian:
  • anial
• Italo-Romance:
  • Corsican: anellu
  • Italian: anello
  • Neapolitan: aniello
  • Sicilian: aneddu
• Padanian:
  • Friulian: anel
  • Lombard: anell
  • Romansch: anè, ani, anel
  • Venetan: aneło, anel
• Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • Old French: anel
    • Middle French: anneau
      • French: anneau
    • Walloon: anea
• Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: anell
  • Occitan: anèl
    • → Old Galician-Portuguese: anel
      • Galician: anel
      • Portuguese: anel
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Aragonese: aniello
  • Asturian: aniellu
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: *ãelo
    • Galician: elo
    • Portuguese: elo
  • Old Spanish: aniello
    • Spanish: anillo
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: aneddu

References

• “anellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “anellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• anellus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “anellus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 554