rotulus
English
Etymology
From Latin rotula (“roll”).
Noun
rotulus (plural rotuli)
- A roll of parchment or papyrus that was written on to make a permanent record.
Anagrams
- torulus
Latin
Noun
rotulus m (genitive rotulī); second declension
- Alternative form of rotula
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | rotulus | rotulī |
| Genitive | rotulī | rotulōrum |
| Dative | rotulō | rotulīs |
| Accusative | rotulum | rotulōs |
| Ablative | rotulō | rotulīs |
| Vocative | rotule | rotulī |
Descendants
- Aragonese: ruello
- Catalan: rotlle, rull
- Middle French: rolle
- → English: roll
- French: rôle
- → Catalan: rol
- → English: role
- → Spanish: rol
- → Greek: ρόλος (rólos)
- → Turkish: rol
- → German: Rolle
- Galician: rollo, rolo, → rótulo
- Italian: rocchio, ruolo, → rotolo
- Occitan: ròtle
- Portuguese: rolo, → rótulo
- Sicilian: rullu, → ròtulu
- Spanish: rollo, ruejo, rundel, → rótulo
References
- rotulus 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)