rotella

From Late Latin rotella, diminutive of rota (“wheel”). Doublet of rowel.

rotella

1. A disc.
2. A round shield.

• reallot, tallero

From Late Latin rotella, diminutive of Latin rota (“wheel”).

• IPA^(key): /roˈtɛl.la/
• Rhymes: -ɛlla
• Hyphenation: ro‧tèl‧la

rotella f (plural rotelle)

1. small wheel (in any context); roller; roller skate
2. (usually in the plural) wheel-shaped pasta
3. a small round shield used in the 16th century
4. (anatomy) rotula

   Synonym: rotula

• ruota
• rotella tagliapasta (pastry wheel)

• Tellaro, allerto, allertò, rollate, tallero, tollera

Found in Late Latin, diminutive of rota (“wheel”) (with the suffix -ella).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /roˈtel.la/, [rɔˈt̪ɛlːʲä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /roˈtel.la/, [roˈt̪ɛlːä]

rotella f (genitive rotellae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) small wheel

First-declension noun.

• rotella 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)
• rotella in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• rotella in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016