rotella

See also: Rotella

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin rotella, diminutive of Latin rota (“wheel”).

Noun

rotella f (plural rotelle)

1. small wheel (in any context); roller
2. (chiefly in the plural) wheel-shaped pasta
3. a small round shield used in the 16th century
4. (anatomy) rotula

Synonyms

• (rotula): rotula

Related terms

• ruota

Anagrams

• allerto, allertò, rollate, tollera

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Latin

Etymology

Found in Late Latin, diminutive of rota (“wheel”) (with the suffix -ella).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /roˈtel.la/, [rɔˈtɛl.la]

Noun

rotella f (genitive rotellae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) small wheel

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	rotella	rotellae
genitive	rotellae	rotellārum
dative	rotellae	rotellīs
accusative	rotellam	rotellās
ablative	rotellā	rotellīs
vocative	rotella	rotellae

Descendants

• Asturian: rodiya, rodiella
• Catalan: rodella
• Old French: roel
  • English: rowel
  • French: rouelle
• Friulian: rudiele
• Italian: rotella

• Occitan: rodèla
• Portuguese: rodela
• Sicilian: rutedda
• Old Spanish: rodiella
  • Spanish: rodilla
• Venetian: ruèła, rodèła

References

• rotella in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• rotella in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• rotella in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016