"orbiculus" meaning in Latin

See orbiculus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ɔrˈbɪ.kʊ.ɫʊs] [Classical-Latin], [orˈbiː.ku.lus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Etymology tree Latin orbis Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -culus Latin orbiculus From orbis (“a ring, disk, circle”) + -culus (diminutive suffix). Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:af|orbis<t:a ring, disk, circle>|-culus<pos:diminutive suffix>|text=+|title=orbiculus|tree=1}} Etymology tree Latin orbis Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -culus Latin orbiculus [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-elos", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-kelos", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-culus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la", "pos" : "diminutive suffix" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "orbiculus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="orbiculus"> From orbis (“a ring, disk, circle”) + -culus (diminutive suffix). Head templates: {{la-noun|orbiculus<2>}} orbiculus m (genitive orbiculī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|orbiculus<2>}} Forms: orbiculī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], orbiculus [nominative, singular], orbiculī [nominative, plural], orbiculī [genitive, singular], orbiculōrum [genitive, plural], orbiculō [dative, singular], orbiculīs [dative, plural], orbiculum [accusative, singular], orbiculōs [accusative, plural], orbiculō [ablative, singular], orbiculīs [ablative, plural], orbicule [singular, vocative], orbiculī [plural, vocative]
  1. diminutive of orbis: a small disk; a sheave, roller, pulley, etc. Tags: declension-2, diminutive, form-of, masculine Form of: orbis (extra: a small disk; a sheave, roller, pulley, etc) Derived forms: orbiculāris [adjective], orbiculātim [adverb], orbiculātus [adjective], orbiculor [verb]

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": ":af",
        "3": "orbis<t:a ring, disk, circle>",
        "4": "-culus<pos:diminutive suffix>",
        "text": "+",
        "title": "orbiculus",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nLatin orbis\nProto-Indo-European *-lós\nProto-Indo-European *-elós\nProto-Italic *-elos\nProto-Italic *-kelos\nLatin -culus\nLatin orbiculus\n[Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Italic\", \"term\" : \"*-elos\", \"lang\" : \"itc-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Italic\", \"term\" : \"*-kelos\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"itc-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"-culus\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"la\", \"pos\" : \"diminutive suffix\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"orbiculus\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"la\" }\" data-lang=\"la\" data-title=\"orbiculus\">\nFrom orbis (“a ring, disk, circle”) + -culus (diminutive suffix).",
      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nLatin orbis\nProto-Indo-European *-lós\nProto-Indo-European *-elós\nProto-Italic *-elos\nProto-Italic *-kelos\nLatin -culus\nLatin orbiculus\nFrom orbis (“a ring, disk, circle”) + -culus (diminutive suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "orbiculī",
      "links": [
        [
          "orbiculī",
          "orbiculi"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "orbiculus",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "orbiculī",
      "links": [
        [
          "orbiculī",
          "orbiculi#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "orbiculī",
      "links": [
        [
          "orbiculī",
          "orbiculi#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "orbiculōrum",
      "links": [
        [
          "orbiculōrum",
          "orbiculorum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "orbiculō",
      "links": [
        [
          "orbiculō",
          "orbiculo#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "orbiculīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "orbiculīs",
          "orbiculis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "orbiculum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "orbiculōs",
      "links": [
        [
          "orbiculōs",
          "orbiculos#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "orbiculō",
      "links": [
        [
          "orbiculō",
          "orbiculo#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "orbiculīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "orbiculīs",
          "orbiculis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "orbicule",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "orbiculī",
      "links": [
        [
          "orbiculī",
          "orbiculi#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "orbiculus<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "orbiculus m (genitive orbiculī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "orbiculus<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries referencing missing etymons",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with etymology texts",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin terms suffixed with -culus",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using etymon with no ID",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "adjective"
          ],
          "word": "orbiculāris"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "adverb"
          ],
          "word": "orbiculātim"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "adjective"
          ],
          "word": "orbiculātus"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "verb"
          ],
          "word": "orbiculor"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "a small disk; a sheave, roller, pulley, etc",
          "word": "orbis"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "diminutive of orbis: a small disk; a sheave, roller, pulley, etc."
      ],
      "id": "en-orbiculus-la-noun-1LOI3VK0",
      "links": [
        [
          "orbis",
          "orbis#Latin"
        ],
        [
          "disk",
          "disk"
        ],
        [
          "sheave",
          "sheave"
        ],
        [
          "roller",
          "roller"
        ],
        [
          "pulley",
          "pulley"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "diminutive",
        "form-of",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ɔrˈbɪ.kʊ.ɫʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[orˈbiː.ku.lus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "orbiculus"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "word": "orbiculāris"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "adverb"
      ],
      "word": "orbiculātim"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "word": "orbiculātus"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "orbiculor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": ":af",
        "3": "orbis<t:a ring, disk, circle>",
        "4": "-culus<pos:diminutive suffix>",
        "text": "+",
        "title": "orbiculus",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nLatin orbis\nProto-Indo-European *-lós\nProto-Indo-European *-elós\nProto-Italic *-elos\nProto-Italic *-kelos\nLatin -culus\nLatin orbiculus\n[Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Italic\", \"term\" : \"*-elos\", \"lang\" : \"itc-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Italic\", \"term\" : \"*-kelos\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"itc-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"-culus\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"la\", \"pos\" : \"diminutive suffix\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"orbiculus\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"la\" }\" data-lang=\"la\" data-title=\"orbiculus\">\nFrom orbis (“a ring, disk, circle”) + -culus (diminutive suffix).",
      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nLatin orbis\nProto-Indo-European *-lós\nProto-Indo-European *-elós\nProto-Italic *-elos\nProto-Italic *-kelos\nLatin -culus\nLatin orbiculus\nFrom orbis (“a ring, disk, circle”) + -culus (diminutive suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "orbiculī",
      "links": [
        [
          "orbiculī",
          "orbiculi"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "orbiculus",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "orbiculī",
      "links": [
        [
          "orbiculī",
          "orbiculi#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "orbiculī",
      "links": [
        [
          "orbiculī",
          "orbiculi#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "orbiculōrum",
      "links": [
        [
          "orbiculōrum",
          "orbiculorum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "orbiculō",
      "links": [
        [
          "orbiculō",
          "orbiculo#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "orbiculīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "orbiculīs",
          "orbiculis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "orbiculum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "orbiculōs",
      "links": [
        [
          "orbiculōs",
          "orbiculos#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "orbiculō",
      "links": [
        [
          "orbiculō",
          "orbiculo#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "orbiculīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "orbiculīs",
          "orbiculis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "orbicule",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "orbiculī",
      "links": [
        [
          "orbiculī",
          "orbiculi#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "orbiculus<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "orbiculus m (genitive orbiculī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "orbiculus<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 4-syllable words",
        "Latin diminutive nouns",
        "Latin entries referencing missing etymons",
        "Latin entries with etymology texts",
        "Latin entries with etymology trees",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin masculine nouns",
        "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
        "Latin nouns",
        "Latin second declension nouns",
        "Latin terms suffixed with -culus",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages using etymon with no ID",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Pages with etymology trees"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "a small disk; a sheave, roller, pulley, etc",
          "word": "orbis"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "diminutive of orbis: a small disk; a sheave, roller, pulley, etc."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "orbis",
          "orbis#Latin"
        ],
        [
          "disk",
          "disk"
        ],
        [
          "sheave",
          "sheave"
        ],
        [
          "roller",
          "roller"
        ],
        [
          "pulley",
          "pulley"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "diminutive",
        "form-of",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ɔrˈbɪ.kʊ.ɫʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[orˈbiː.ku.lus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "orbiculus"
}

Download raw JSONL data for orbiculus meaning in Latin (4.5kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Latin dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-06-07 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-06-01 using wiktextract (e79dea5 and 7f4db16). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.