different between ocellation vs ocellus

English

Etymology

From Latin ocellus (“little eye”), from oculus (“eye”) + -ation

Noun

ocellation (countable and uncountable, plural ocellations)

1. (uncountable) The development of eye-like markings, such as those on the wing of a butterfly or tail of a peacock.
2. (countable) An eye-like marking; ocellus.

English

Etymology

From Latin ocellus (“little eye”), from oculus (“eye”).

Noun

ocellus (plural ocelli)

1. A simple eye consisting of a single lens and a small number of sensory cells.
2. An eyelike marking in the form of a spot or ring of colour, as on the wing of a butterfly or the tail of a peacock.

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Further reading

• ocellus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Cuellos, locules

Latin

Etymology

From oculus (“eye”) +? -lus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /o?kel.lus/, [??k?l???s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /o?t??el.lus/, [??t???l?us]

Noun

ocellus m (genitive ocell?); second declension (Diminutive of oculus)

1. little eye
2. darling

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Descendants

References

• ocellus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ocellus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ocellus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• ocellus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• ocellus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ocellus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray