verticillus

English

Etymology

Latin, a whirl.

Noun

verticillus (plural verticilli)

(botany) A whorl; a verticil.

Latin

Etymology

vertex +‎ -illus

Noun

verticillus m (genitive verticillī); second declension

whirl
eddy

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	verticillus	verticillī
Genitive	verticillī	verticillōrum
Dative	verticillō	verticillīs
Accusative	verticillum	verticillōs
Ablative	verticillō	verticillīs
Vocative	verticille	verticillī

Descendants

Catalan: verticil
Galician: verticilo
Italian: verticillo
Portuguese: verticilo
Spanish: verticilo

References

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

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