cylindrus

See also: Cylindrus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κύλινδρος (kúlindros).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kyˈlin.drus/, [kʏˈlʲɪn̪d̪rʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈlin.drus/, [t͡ʃiˈlin̪d̪rus]

Noun

cylindrus m (genitive cylindrī); second declension

1. cylinder
2. (by extension) a roller; a cylindrical stone for levelling the ground

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cylindrus	cylindrī
Genitive	cylindrī	cylindrōrum
Dative	cylindrō	cylindrīs
Accusative	cylindrum	cylindrōs
Ablative	cylindrō	cylindrīs
Vocative	cylindre	cylindrī

Related terms

• cylindrātus
• cylindricus

Descendants

• → Albanian: cilindër
• → Danish: cylinder
• → Dutch: cilinder, cylinder (superseded)
  • Afrikaans: silinder
  • → Caribbean Javanese: slènder
  • → Indonesian: silinder
• → Middle French: chilindre
  • French: cylindre
    • → Ottoman Turkish: سلندر (silinder), سیلندر (silindir)
      • Turkish: silindir
    • → Romanian: cilindru
  • → English: cylinder
    • → Japanese: シリンダー (shirindā)
    • → Korean: 실린더 (sillindeo)
• → German: Zylinder, Cylinder (obsolete)
  • → Russian: цилиндр (cilindr)
    • → Mongolian: цилиндр (cilindr)
    • → Uyghur: سىلىندىر (silindir)
  • → Ukrainian: циліндр (cylindr)
  • → Yiddish: צילינדער (tsilinder)
• → Italian: cilindro
• → Norwegian: sylinder
• → Portuguese: cilindro
• → Spanish: cilindro
• → Swedish: cylinder

References

• “cylindrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cylindrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cylindrus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “cylindrus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “cylindrus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin