ocellus

== English == === Etymology === From Latin ocellus (“little eye”), from oculus (“eye”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /əʊˈsɛləs/ === Noun === ocellus (plural ocelli) A simple eye consisting of a single lens and a small number of sensory cells. An eyelike marking in the form of a spot or ring of colour, as on the wing of a butterfly or the tail of a peacock. Synonym: eyespot ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === ocellus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Cuellos, locules == Latin == === Etymology === From oculus (“eye”) +‎ -lus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɔˈkɛl.lʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [oˈt͡ʃɛl.lus] === Noun === ocellus m (genitive ocellī); second declension diminutive of oculus: little eye darling ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “ocellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “ocellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "ocellus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “ocellus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “ocellus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “ocellus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray