different between rotula vs rotuli

English

Etymology

Latin. Doublet of role and roll.

Noun

rotula (plural rotulas or rotulae)

1. (anatomy) The patella; the kneecap.
2. (zoology) One of the five radial pieces in the dentary apparatus of the sea urchin.

Translations

Anagrams

• Alutor, LAUTRO, Latour, torula

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rotula.

Noun

rotula f (plural rotule)

1. (anatomy) patella, kneecap, rotula

Derived terms

• rotuleo

Anagrams

• urlato

Latin

Alternative forms

• rotulus

Etymology

Diminutive from rota (“wheel”) +? -ulus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ro.tu.la/, [?r?t????ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ro.tu.la/, [?r??t?ul?]

Noun

rotula f (genitive rotulae); first declension

1. a small wheel; roll

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

• Catalan: rotlle; ? ròtula
• Old French: role
  • Middle French: rolle
    • French: rôle
      • ? Catalan: rol
        • ? Spanish: rol (“roll (list)”)
      • ? English: role, rôle
        • ? Spanish: rol (“role”)
      • ? Norwegian Bokmål: rolle (partly; also through German)
      • ? Norwegian Nynorsk: rolle (partly; also through German)
      • Portuguese: rolo
  • ? Middle Dutch: rolle
    • Dutch: rol
      • Afrikaans: rol
  • ? Middle English: rolle
    • English: roll
  • ? Middle High German: rolle, rulle
    • German: Rolle
      • ? Norwegian Bokmål: rolle (partly; also through French)
      • ? Norwegian Nynorsk: rolle (partly; also through French)
• ? French: rotule
• Galician: rolla, rolda; ? rótula
• ? Italian: rotula
• Portuguese: rolha; ? rótula
• Spanish: rolla, rondala; ? rótula

References

• rotula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• rotula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• rotula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Verb

rotula

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of rotular
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of rotular

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ro?tula/, [ro?t?u.la]

Verb

rotula

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of rotular.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of rotular.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of rotular.

English

Noun

rotuli

1. plural of rotulus

Anagrams

• toruli

Latin

Noun

rotul?

1. nominative plural of rotulus
2. genitive singular of rotulus
3. vocative plural of rotulus