cylindrus

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κύλινδρος (kúlindros).

Pronunciation

Noun

cylindrus m (genitive cylindrī); second declension

  1. cylinder
  2. (by extension) a roller; a cylindrical stone for levelling the ground

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cylindrus cylindrī
Genitive cylindrī cylindrōrum
Dative cylindrō cylindrīs
Accusative cylindrum cylindrōs
Ablative cylindrō cylindrīs
Vocative cylindre cylindrī

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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
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