circellus
Latin
Alternative forms
- cercellus
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kirˈkel.lus/, [kɪrˈkɛlːʲʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃirˈt͡ʃel.lus/, [t͡ʃirˈt͡ʃɛlːus]
Declension
Second-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
- circelliōnēs
Descendants
- Balkan Romance:
- Aromanian: tsirtseljiu, tsirtsel
- Romanian: cercel
- Dalmatian:
- kerkelli
- Italo-Romance:
- Neapolitan: chirchiello
- Vastese: ciarcille (plural)
- Old Sicilian: chirchelli (plural)
- Sicilian: circeddu, surcieddu
- Neapolitan: chirchiello
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Ancient borrowings:
- →? Proto-Albanian: *kertsula
- Albanian: qerthull
- →? Proto-Albanian: *kertsula
References
- 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 (in German), volume 2: C Q K, page 699
Further reading
- “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.
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