urceolus

English

Etymology

From Latin urceolus (“a little pitcher”).

Noun

urceolus (plural urceoli)

1. (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/, [ʊrˈkeɔɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /urˈt͡ʃe.o.lus/, [urˈt͡ʃɛːolus]

Noun

urceolus m (genitive urceolī); second declension

1. 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.