ocellus

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English

Etymology

From Latin ocellus (little eye), from oculus (eye).

Noun

ocellus (plural ocelli)

  1. A simple eye consisting of a single lens and a small number of sensory cells.
  2. 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.

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Latin

Etymology

From oculus (eye) +‎ -lus.

Pronunciation

Noun

ocellus m (genitive ocellī); second declension

  1. diminutive of oculus: little eye
  2. darling

Declension

Second-declension noun.

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 and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray