rotella
See also: Rotella
English
Etymology
From Late Latin rotella, diminutive of rota (“wheel”). Doublet of rowel.
Noun
rotella
- A disc.
- A round shield.
Anagrams
- reallot, tallero
Italian
Etymology
From Late Latin rotella, diminutive of Latin rota (“wheel”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /roˈtɛl.la/
- Rhymes: -ɛlla
- Hyphenation: ro‧tèl‧la
Noun
rotella f (plural rotelle)
- small wheel (in any context); roller; roller skate
- (usually in the plural) wheel-shaped pasta
- a small round shield used in the 16th century
- (anatomy) rotula
- Synonym: rotula
Related terms
- ruota
- rotella tagliapasta (pastry wheel)
Anagrams
- Tellaro, allerto, allertò, rollate, tallero, tollera
Latin
Etymology
Found in Late Latin, diminutive of rota (“wheel”) (with the suffix -ella).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /roˈtel.la/, [rɔˈt̪ɛlːʲä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /roˈtel.la/, [roˈt̪ɛlːä]
Noun
rotella f (genitive rotellae); first declension
- (Late Latin) small wheel
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | rotella | rotellae |
| Genitive | rotellae | rotellārum |
| Dative | rotellae | rotellīs |
| Accusative | rotellam | rotellās |
| Ablative | rotellā | rotellīs |
| Vocative | rotella | rotellae |
Descendants
- Italo-Romance:
- Italian: rotella
- Sicilian: rutedda
- Padanian:
- Friulian: rudiele
- Gallo-Italic:
- Emilian: rodela
- Lombard: rodela
- Piedmontese: roela
- Venetian: ruèła, rodèła
- Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Old French: rodele, roele
- French: rouelle
- → English: rowel
- Old French: rodele, roele
- Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: rodella
- Aragonese: arrodèra
- Occitan: rodèla
- Ibero-Romance:
- Asturian: rodilla, rodiella
- Old Portuguese: rodela
- Galician: rodela
- Portuguese: rodela
- Old Spanish: rodiella
- Spanish: rodilla
References
- 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 (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016