Latin

Proper noun

Cȳlindrus m ‎(genitive Cȳlindrī); second declension

1. A male given name, character in the play Epidicus of Plautus.

Latin

Noun

cylindrus m ‎(genitive cylindrī); second declension

1. cylinder
2. (by extension) a roller; a cylindrical stone for levelling the ground

Inflection

Second declension.

Related terms

• cylindrātus

References

• cylindrus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cylindrus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “cylindrus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• cylindrus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cylindrus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin