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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κύλινδρος (kúlindros).
Pronunciation
Noun
cylindrus m (genitive cylindrī); second declension
- cylinder
- (by extension) a roller; a cylindrical stone for levelling the ground
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- “cylindrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “cylindrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cylindrus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “cylindrus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “cylindrus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin