radiolus

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English

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Noun

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radiolus (plural radioli)

  1. (ornithology) The barbule of a feather

Anagrams

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Latin

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Etymology

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From radius (ray, beam) +‎ -olus.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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radiolus m (genitive radiolī); second declension

  1. small, feeble sunbeam
  2. kind of long olive
  3. kind of plant resembling a fern

Declension

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Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative radiolus radiolī
Genitive radiolī radiolōrum
Dative radiolō radiolīs
Accusative radiolum radiolōs
Ablative radiolō radiolīs
Vocative radiole radiolī

Descendants

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  • English: radiolus

References

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  • radiolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • radiolus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.