circellus
Latin
Alternative forms
- cercellus
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɪrˈkɛl.lʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [t͡ʃirˈt͡ʃɛl.lus]
Noun
circellus m (genitive circellī); second declension
- small ring, hoop
- (post-classical) earring
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | circellus | circellī |
| genitive | circellī | circellōrum |
| dative | circellō | circellīs |
| accusative | circellum | circellōs |
| ablative | circellō | circellīs |
| vocative | circelle | circellī |
Derived terms
- circelliōnēs
Descendants
- Balkano-Romance:
- Italo-Dalmatian:
- Dalmatian: kerkelli
- Italian: circello (archaic, regional)
- Neapolitan: chirchiello
- Vastese: ciarcille (plural)
- Old Sicilian: chirchelli (plural)
- Sicilian: circeddu, surcieddu
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Ancient borrowings:
- →? Proto-Albanian: *kertsula
- Albanian: qerthull
- →? Proto-Albanian: *kertsula
References
- Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1991) “zarcillo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume VI (Y–Z), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 94
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “cĭrcĕllus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 2: C Q K, page 699
Further reading
- “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.