circellus

Latin

Alternative forms

• cercellus

Etymology

circulus +‎ -lus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kirˈkel.lus/, [kɪrˈkɛlːʲʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃirˈt͡ʃel.lus/, [t͡ʃirˈt͡ʃɛlːus]

Noun

circellus m (genitive circellī); second declension

1. small ring, hoop
2. (post-classical) earing

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	circellus	circellī
Genitive	circellī	circellōrum
Dative	circellō	circellīs
Accusative	circellum	circellōs
Ablative	circellō	circellīs
Vocative	circelle	circellī

Derived terms

• circelliōnēs

Descendants

• Eastern:
  • Aromanian: tsirtseljiu, tsirtsel
  • Romanian: cercel
• Iberian:
  • Old Galician-Portuguese:
    • Galician: cercelo (archaic)
    • Portuguese: cercilho
  • Spanish: cercillo, zarcillo
• Oïl:
  • French: cerceau
• →? Proto-Albanian: *kertsula
  • Albanian: qerthull

References

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