anellus

Latin

Alternative forms

• ānnellus

Etymology

Diminutive from ānulus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aːˈnel.lus/, [aːˈnɛl.lʊs]

Noun

ānellus m (genitive ānellī); second declension

1. a little ring

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ānellus	ānellī
genitive	ānellī	ānellōrum
dative	ānellō	ānellīs
accusative	ānellum	ānellōs
ablative	ānellō	ānellīs
vocative	ānelle	ānellī

Related terms

• ānulāris
• ānulārius
• ānulus
• ānus

Descendants

• Aragonese: aniello
• Aromanian: nel
• Asturian: aniellu
• Catalan: anell
• Corsican: anellu
• Dalmatian: anial
• French: anneau
• Friulian: anel
• Galician: anel

• Italian: anello
• Old Portuguese: anel, anello, *ãelo
• Portuguese: anel, elo
• Romanian: inel
• Romansch: anè, ani, anel
• Sicilian: aneddu
• Spanish: anillo
• Venetian: aneło, anel
• Walloon: anea

References

• anellus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• anellus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “anellus” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)