orbiculus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From orbis (“a ring, disk, circle”) + -culus (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) 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.
| Case | 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