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Interlingua
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin oculus. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
Noun
oculo (plural oculos)
- (anatomy) eye
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin oculus (“eye”). Doublet of occhio, which was inherited.
Pronunciation
Noun
oculo m (plural oculi)
- (archaeology, architecture) a circular opening or window
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From oculus (“eye”) + -ō (1st conjugation verbal suffix).
Verb
oculō (present infinitive oculāre, perfect active oculāvī, supine oculātum); first conjugation
- (Ecclesiastical Latin) to furnish with eyes, to make to see
- (Ecclesiastical Latin, figuratively) to make visible or conspicuous
Conjugation
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
oculō m
- dative/ablative singular of oculus
References
- “oculo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- oculo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.