orbiculus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From orbis (“a ring, disk, circle”) + -culus (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /orˈbi.ku.lus/, [ɔrˈbɪkʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /orˈbi.ku.lus/, [orˈbiːkulus]
Noun
[edit]orbiculus m (genitive orbiculī); second declension
Inflection
[edit]Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | orbiculus | orbiculī |
| genitive | orbiculī | orbiculōrum |
| dative | orbiculō | orbiculīs |
| accusative | orbiculum | orbiculōs |
| ablative | orbiculō | orbiculīs |
| vocative | orbicule | orbiculī |
Derived terms
[edit]- orbiculāris (adjective)
- orbiculātim (adverb)
- orbiculātus (adjective)
- orbiculor (verb)
References
[edit]- “orbiculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- orbiculus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- orbiculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “orbiculus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers