English edit

Noun edit

radiolus (plural radioli)

  1. (ornithology) The barbule of a feather

Anagrams edit

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From radius (ray, beam) +‎ -olus.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

radiolus m (genitive radiolī); second declension

  1. small, feeble sunbeam
  2. kind of long olive
  3. kind of plant resembling a fern

Declension edit

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative radiolus radiolī
Genitive radiolī radiolōrum
Dative radiolō radiolīs
Accusative radiolum radiolōs
Ablative radiolō radiolīs
Vocative radiole radiolī

Descendants edit

  • English: radiolus

References edit

  • radiolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • radiolus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.