rotundus
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /roˈtun.dus/, [rɔˈtʊn.dʊs]
Adjective
rotundus (feminine rotunda, neuter rotundum); first/second declension
- round, circular
- spherical, rotund
- (figuratively) rounded, perfect
- (figuratively, of speech) polished, elegant
- (substantive) A sphere
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | rotundus | rotunda | rotundum | rotundī | rotundae | rotunda | |
| genitive | rotundī | rotundae | rotundī | rotundōrum | rotundārum | rotundōrum | |
| dative | rotundō | rotundō | rotundīs | ||||
| accusative | rotundum | rotundam | rotundum | rotundōs | rotundās | rotunda | |
| ablative | rotundō | rotundā | rotundō | rotundīs | |||
| vocative | rotunde | rotunda | rotundum | rotundī | rotundae | rotunda | |
- comparative: rotundior, superlative: rotundissimus
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Asturian: redondu
- Catalan: rodó, redó, rotund (borrowing)
- Dutch: rond (through Old French), rotonde (borrowing)
- English: rotund (borrowing), round (through Old French)
- French: rond, rotonde (borrowing)
- Friulian: taront, tont
- Galician: redondo
- German: rund (through Old French)
- Italian: rotondo, tondo, ritondo
- Occitan: redond, ardon
References
- rotundus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- rotundus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- rotundus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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