cylindrus

See also: Cylindrus

Latin

Etymology

    Borrowed from Ancient Greek κῠ́λινδρος (kŭ́lindros).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    cylindrus m (genitive cylindrī); second declension

    1. cylinder
    2. (by extension) a roller; a cylindrical stone for levelling the ground

    Declension

    Second-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative cylindrus cylindrī
    genitive cylindrī cylindrōrum
    dative cylindrō cylindrīs
    accusative cylindrum cylindrōs
    ablative cylindrō cylindrīs
    vocative cylindre cylindrī

    Descendants

    References

    • cylindrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • cylindrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • cylindrus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • cylindrus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • cylindrus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin