anulus

Latin

Alternative forms

• ānnulus

Etymology

From ānus (“ring”) +‎ -ulus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈaː.nu.lus/, [ˈäːnʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.nu.lus/, [ˈäːnulus]

Noun

ānulus m (genitive ānulī); second declension

1. A ring, especially a finger ring
2. A signet ring

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	ānulus	ānulī
genitive	ānulī	ānulōrum
dative	ānulō	ānulīs
accusative	ānulum	ānulōs
ablative	ānulō	ānulīs
vocative	ānule	ānulī

Related terms

• ānellus
• ānulāris
• ānulārius
• ānulātus
• ānus

References

• “anulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “anulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• anulus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• anulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “anulus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “anulus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin