anulus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From ānus (ring) +‎ -ulus.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    ānulus m (genitive ānulī); second declension

    1. A ring, especially a finger ring
    2. A signet ring

    Declension

    Second-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative ānulus ānulī
    genitive ānulī ānulōrum
    dative ānulō ānulīs
    accusative ānulum ānulōs
    ablative ānulō ānulīs
    vocative ānule ānulī

    Descendants

    • Italian: anolini

    References

    • anulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • anulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • "anulus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • anulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • anulus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • anulus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin