LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinesecond declension

ānulus

ānulus m (genitive ānulī)
Classical[ˈaː.nʊ.ɫʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈaː.nu.lus]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

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

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

orbis parvus aureus vel ferreus, quī in digitō geritur.
ānulus -ī m — in Mille Verba, ch. Vestis et Ōrnāmenta
circulus, quī in digitō geritur
anulus -ī (m) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 20

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeānulusānulī
ānnulī
genitiveānulī
ānnulī		ānulōrum
ānnulōrum
dativeānulō
ānnulō		ānulīs
ānnulīs
accusativeānulum
ānnulum		ānulōs
ānnulōs
ablativeānulō
ānnulō		ānulīs
ānnulīs
vocativeānule
ānnule		ānulī
ānnulī

ānŭlus (not ann-), i, m. 2. anus, like circulus from circum, not a dim.,
I. a ring, esp. for the finger, a finger-ring; and for sealing, a seal-ring, signet-ring.
I. Lit.: ille suum anulum opposuit, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 76: de digito anulum Detraho, Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 37; id. Ad. 3, 2, 49; id. Hec. 5, 3, 31 et saep.; Lucr. 1, 312; 6, 1008; 6, 1014: (Gyges) anulum detraxit, Cic. Off. 3, 9, 38: gemmatus, Liv. 1, 11; Suet. Ner. 46; id. Caes. 33; id. Tib. 73 et saep.: anulo tabulas obsignare, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 67: sigilla anulo imprimere, Cic. Ac. 2, 26, 85; id. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 4; Plin. 33, 1, 5 sqq. et saep.—The right to wear a gold ring was possessed, in the time of the Republic, only by the knights (equites); hence, equestris, * Hor. S. 2, 7, 53: anulum invenit = eques factus est, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 76.—So also jus anulorum = dignitas equestris, Suet. Caes. 33: donatus anulo aureo, id. ib. 39; so id. Galb. 10; 14; id. Vit. 12 al.; cf. Mayor ad Juv. 7, 89; Smith. Dict. Antiq.—
II. Of other articles in the form of rings.
A. A ring for curtains: velares anuli, Plin. 13, 9, 18, § 62. —
B. A link of a chain, Plin. 34, 15, 43, § 150; cf. Mart. 2, 29.—Irons for the feet, fetters: anulus cruribus aptus, Mart. 14, 169.—
C. A curled lock of hair, a ringlet: comarum anulus, Mart. 2, 66.—
D. A round ornament upon the capitals of Doric columns: anuli columnarum, Vitr. 4, 3.—
E. Anuli virgei, rings made of willow rods, Plin. 15, 29, 37, § 124.
ānŭlus, i, m. dim. 1. anus,
I. the posteriors, fundament, Cato, R. R. 159.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁eh₂nos
  2. Proto-Italic*ānos
  3. Latinānulus

Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin ānulus From ānus (“ring”) + -ulus.

Italo-Romance
  • Italiananolini
Borrowings
  • Italiananulo

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesAnulusAnulus or ANNULUS (δακτύλιος), derived from the same root as ἀμφὶ, meaning something which goes round (cf. annus; Corssen, Beitr. p. 316), was used fo…

Quick answers

What does ānulus mean in Latin?
ānulus, a noun, means “A ring, especially a finger ring; A signet ring”.
What is the genitive of ānulus?
The genitive singular is ānulī. ānulus is masculine, second declension.
How do you pronounce ānulus?
In classical Latin, [ˈaː.nʊ.ɫʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈaː.nu.lus].
Where does ānulus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁eh₂nos → Proto-Italic *ānos → Latin ānulus.