urceolus

English edit

Etymology edit

Latin urceolus (“a little pitcher”).

Noun edit

urceolus (plural urceoli)

(botany) Any urn-shaped organ of a plant.

Translations edit

urn-shaped organ of a plant

Portuguese: urcéolo m

Anagrams edit

couleurs, ulcerous

Latin edit

Etymology edit

Diminutive of urceus.

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /urˈke.o.lus/, [ʊrˈkeɔɫ̪ʊs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /urˈt͡ʃe.o.lus/, [urˈt͡ʃɛːolus]

Noun edit

urceolus m (genitive urceolī); second declension

small jug or pitcher

Declension edit

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	urceolus	urceolī
Genitive	urceolī	urceolōrum
Dative	urceolō	urceolīs
Accusative	urceolum	urceolōs
Ablative	urceolō	urceolīs
Vocative	urceole	urceolī

Descendants edit

Aromanian: ulcior
French: urcéole
Italian: orciolo
Occitan: orsol
Old French: orçuel
Portuguese: urcéolo
Romanian: urcior

References edit

“urceolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“urceolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
urceolus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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