verticillus

verticillus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin verticillus.

Noun

verticillus (plural verticilli)

  1. (botany) A whorl; a verticil.

Latin

Etymology

    From vertex + -illus.

    Noun

    verticillus m (genitive verticillī); second declension

    1. whirl
    2. eddy

    Declension

    Second-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative verticillus verticillī
    genitive verticillī verticillōrum
    dative verticillō verticillīs
    accusative verticillum verticillōs
    ablative verticillō verticillīs
    vocative verticille verticillī

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Catalan: verticil
    • Galician: verticilo
    • Italian: verticillo
    • Portuguese: verticilo
    • Spanish: verticilo

    References

    • “verticillus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “verticillus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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