circellus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === cercellus === Etymology === From circulus + -lus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɪrˈkɛl.lʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [t͡ʃirˈt͡ʃɛl.lus] === Noun === circellus m (genitive circellī); second declension small ring, hoop (post-classical) earring ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== circelliōnēs ==== Descendants ==== === References === Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1991), “zarcillo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎[1] (in Spanish), volume VI (Y–Z), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 94 Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “cĭrcĕllus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2: C Q K, page 699 === Further reading === “circellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “circellus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.