rotula
English edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin rotula. Doublet of role and roll.
Noun edit
rotula (plural rotulas or rotulae)
- (anatomy) The patella; the kneecap.
- (zoology) One of the five radial pieces in the dentary apparatus of the sea urchin.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
kneecap — see kneecap
Anagrams edit
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
rotula f (plural rotule)
Derived terms edit
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈro.tu.la/, [ˈrɔt̪ʊɫ̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈro.tu.la/, [ˈrɔːt̪ulä]
Etymology 1 edit
From rota (“wheel”) + -ulus (“-ule: forming diminutives”).
Noun edit
rotula f (genitive rotulae); first declension
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | rotula | rotulae |
Genitive | rotulae | rotulārum |
Dative | rotulae | rotulīs |
Accusative | rotulam | rotulās |
Ablative | rotulā | rotulīs |
Vocative | rotula | rotulae |
Alternative forms edit
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Catalan: rotlle; → ròtula
- Old French: role
- → French: rotule
- Galician: rolla, rolda; → rótula
- → Italian: rotula
- Portuguese: rolha; → rótula
- Spanish: rolla, rondala; → rótula
Etymology 2 edit
From Arabic رَطْل (raṭl); the form is influenced by etymology 1. Doublet of litra.
Noun edit
rotula f (genitive rotulae); first declension
- (Medieval Latin) a rottol (any of various measures of dry or liquid weight originating in the Arab world)
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | rotula | rotulae |
Genitive | rotulae | rotulārum |
Dative | rotulae | rotulīs |
Accusative | rotulam | rotulās |
Ablative | rotulā | rotulīs |
Vocative | rotula | rotulae |
References edit
- “rotula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- rotula 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)
- rotula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese edit
Verb edit
rotula
- inflection of rotular:
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
rotula
- inflection of rotular: