rotella

See also: Rotella

English

Etymology

From Late Latin rotella, diminutive of rota (“wheel”). Doublet of rowel.

Noun

rotella

1. A disc.
2. A round shield.

Anagrams

• reallot, tallero

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin rotella, diminutive of Latin rota (“wheel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /roˈtɛl.la/
• Rhymes: -ɛlla
• Hyphenation: ro‧tèl‧la

Noun

rotella f (plural rotelle)

1. small wheel (in any context); roller; roller skate
2. (usually in the plural) wheel-shaped pasta
3. a small round shield used in the 16th century
4. (anatomy) rotula

   Synonym: rotula

Related terms

• ruota
• rotella tagliapasta (pastry wheel)

Anagrams

• Tellaro, allerto, allertò, rollate, tallero, tollera

Latin

Etymology

Found in Late Latin, diminutive of rota (“wheel”) (with the suffix -ella).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /roˈtel.la/, [rɔˈt̪ɛlːʲä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /roˈtel.la/, [roˈt̪ɛlːä]

Noun

rotella f (genitive rotellae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) small wheel

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	rotella	rotellae
Genitive	rotellae	rotellārum
Dative	rotellae	rotellīs
Accusative	rotellam	rotellās
Ablative	rotellā	rotellīs
Vocative	rotella	rotellae

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: rotella
  • Sicilian: rutedda
• Padanian:
  • Friulian: rudiele
  • Gallo-Italic:
    • Emilian: rodela
    • Lombard: rodela
    • Piedmontese: roela
  • Venetan: ruèła, rodèła
• Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • Old French: rodele, roele
    • French: rouelle
    • → English: rowel
• Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: rodella
  • Aragonese: arrodèra
  • Occitan: rodèla
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Asturian: rodilla, rodiella
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: rodela
    • Galician: rodela
    • Portuguese: rodela
  • Old Spanish: rodiella
    • Spanish: rodilla

References

• rotella 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)
• rotella in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• rotella in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016