ocellus
English
Etymology
From Latin ocellus (“little eye”), from oculus (“eye”).
Noun
ocellus (plural ocelli)
- A simple eye consisting of a single lens and a small number of sensory cells.
- An eyelike marking in the form of a spot or ring of colour, as on the wing of a butterfly or the tail of a peacock.
Related terms
- ocellar
- ocellary
- ocellated
- ocellation
- ocelloid
Translations
simple eye consisting of a single lens
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eye-like marking in the form of a spot or ring
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Further reading
ocellus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Cuellos, locules
Latin
Etymology
From oculus (“eye”) + -lus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /oˈkel.lus/, [ɔˈkɛlːʲʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /oˈt͡ʃel.lus/, [oˈt͡ʃɛlːus]
Noun
ocellus m (genitive ocellī); second declension
- Diminutive of oculus: little eye
- darling
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ocellus | ocellī |
| Genitive | ocellī | ocellōrum |
| Dative | ocellō | ocellīs |
| Accusative | ocellum | ocellōs |
| Ablative | ocellō | ocellīs |
| Vocative | ocelle | ocellī |
Descendants
- Catalan: ocel
- → English: ocellus
- French: ocelle
- Galician: ocelo
- Italian: ocello
- Portuguese: ocelo
- Spanish: ocelo
References
- “ocellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ocellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ocellus 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)
- ocellus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “ocellus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ocellus”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray