circellus
Latin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kirˈkel.lus/, [kɪrˈkɛlːʲʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃirˈt͡ʃel.lus/, [t͡ʃirˈt͡ʃɛlːus]
Noun
editcircellus m (genitive circellī); second declension
- small ring, hoop
- (post-classical) earring
Declension
editSecond-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | circellus | circellī |
Genitive | circellī | circellōrum |
Dative | circellō | circellīs |
Accusative | circellum | circellōs |
Ablative | circellō | circellīs |
Vocative | circelle | circellī |
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Balkan Romance:
- Aromanian: tsirtseljiu, tsirtsel
- Romanian: cercel
- Dalmatian:
- Italo-Romance:
- Neapolitan: chirchiello
- Vastese: ciarcille (plural)
- Old Sicilian: chirchelli (plural)
- Neapolitan: chirchiello
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Ancient borrowings:
References
edit- Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1991) “zarcillo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes VI (Y–Z), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 94
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “cĭrcĕllus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 2: C Q K, page 699
Further reading
edit- “circellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- circellus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.