orbiculus

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

orbiculus m (genitive orbiculī); second declension

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

Inflection

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative orbiculus orbiculī
Genitive orbiculī orbiculōrum
Dative orbiculō orbiculīs
Accusative orbiculum orbiculōs
Ablative orbiculō orbiculīs
Vocative orbicule orbiculī

Derived terms

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