orbiculus

Latin

Etymology

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Latin orbis

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Proto-Italic *-kelos

Latin -culus

Latin orbiculus

From orbis (“a ring, disk, circle”) + -culus (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɔrˈbɪ.kʊ.ɫʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [orˈbiː.ku.lus]

Noun

orbiculus m (genitive orbiculī); second declension

1. diminutive of orbis: a small disk; a sheave, roller, pulley, etc.

Inflection

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	orbiculus	orbiculī
genitive	orbiculī	orbiculōrum
dative	orbiculō	orbiculīs
accusative	orbiculum	orbiculōs
ablative	orbiculō	orbiculīs
vocative	orbicule	orbiculī

Derived terms

• orbiculāris (adjective)
• orbiculātim (adverb)
• orbiculātus (adjective)
• orbiculor (verb)

References

• “orbiculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "orbiculus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, 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