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circellus
circellus
Latin
Noun
circellus m (genitive circellī); second declension
- Small ring
Inflection
Second declension.
| 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
- Aromanian: tsirtseljiu, tsirtsel
- French: cerceau
- Romanian: cercel
- Portuguese: cercilho
- Spanish: cercillo, zarcillo
References
- circellus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “circellus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.