different between ruler vs lucumo

English

Etymology

From Middle English reuler; equivalent to rule +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??u?l?(?)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??ul?/
• Rhymes: -u?l?(?)

Noun

ruler (plural rulers)

1. A (usually rigid), flat, rectangular measuring or drawing device with graduations in units of measurement; a straightedge with markings.
2. A person who rules or governs; someone or something that exercises dominion or controlling power over others.

Usage notes

In American English, the word "ruler" is often used specifically to refer to such a measuring device that is one foot (12 inches) long. Used in contrast with "yardstick" and "meter stick."

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:ruler
• (measuring instrument): rule

Hyponyms

• See Thesaurus:ruler

Translations

Verb

ruler (third-person singular simple present rulers, present participle rulering, simple past and past participle rulered)

1. (transitive) To beat with a ruler (as a traditional school punishment).

Further reading

• ruler in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• ruler in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• ruler on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• lurer

Cebuano

Etymology

From English ruler, from Middle English reuler.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ru?ler

Noun

ruler

1. a ruler

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lucum?

Noun

lucumo (plural lucumos)

1. An Etruscan ruler

Translations

Latin

Alternative forms

• lucm?

Etymology

Borrowed from Etruscan ???????????????????????? (laukum).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?lu.ku.mo?/, [????k?mo?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?lu.ku.mo/, [?lu?kum?]

Noun

lucum? m (genitive lucum?nis); third declension

1. An appellation of Etruscan princes and priests
2. (erroneously, based on historical misunderstanding) The early name of Tarquinius Priscus
3. (metonymically, poetic, rare) An Etrurian

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

• Italian: lucumone

References

• lucumo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lucumo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette