ocellus
English
Etymology
From Latin ocellus (“little eye”), from oculus (“eye”).
Noun
ocellus (plural ocelli)
- A simple eye consisting of a single lens and a small number of sensory cells.
- 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.
Related terms
Translations
simple eye consisting of a single lens
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eye-like marking in the form of a spot or ring
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Further reading
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /oˈkel.lus/, [ɔˈkɛlːʲʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /oˈt͡ʃel.lus/, [oˈt͡ʃɛlːus]
Noun
ocellus m (genitive ocellī); second declension
- diminutive of oculus: little eye
- darling
Declension
Second-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
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nominative | ocellus | ocellī |
genitive | ocellī | ocellōrum |
dative | ocellō | ocellīs |
accusative | ocellum | ocellōs |
ablative | ocellō | ocellīs |
vocative | ocelle | ocellī |
Descendants
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
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