radiolus

English

Noun

radiolus (plural radioli)

  1. (ornithology) The barbule of a feather

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From radius (“ray, beam”) +‎ -olus.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /raˈdi.o.lus/, [räˈd̪iɔɫ̪ʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /raˈdi.o.lus/, [räˈd̪iːolus]

Noun

radiolus m (genitive radiolī); second declension

  1. small, feeble sunbeam
  2. kind of long olive
  3. kind of plant resembling a fern

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative radiolus radiolī
Genitive radiolī radiolōrum
Dative radiolō radiolīs
Accusative radiolum radiolōs
Ablative radiolō radiolīs
Vocative radiole radiolī

Descendants
  • → English: radiolus

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