urceolus

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English

Etymology

From Latin urceolus (“a little pitcher”).

Noun

urceolus (plural urceoli)

(botany) Any urn-shaped organ of a plant.

Translations

urn-shaped organ of a plant

Portuguese: urcéolo m

Anagrams

couleurs, ulcerous

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of urceus.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /urˈke.o.lus/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /urˈt͡ʃe.o.lus/,

Noun

urceolus m (genitive urceolī); second declension

small jug or pitcher

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	urceolus	urceolī
genitive	urceolī	urceolōrum
dative	urceolō	urceolīs
accusative	urceolum	urceolōs
ablative	urceolō	urceolīs
vocative	urceole	urceolī

Descendants

Aromanian: ulcior
French: urcéole
Italian: orciolo
Occitan: orsol
Old French: orçuel
Portuguese: urcéolo
Romanian: urcior

References

“urceolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“urceolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
urceolus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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