What does modiolus mean in Latin?

modiolus, a noun, means “cup (small drinking vessel); bucket of a water wheel; hub (of a wheel)”.

What is the genitive of modiolus?

The genitive singular is modiolī. modiolus is masculine, second declension.

noun · masculinesecond declension

modiolus m (genitive modiolī)

mŏdĭŏlus, i, m. dim. modius, lit.,

I. a small measure; hence, transf.,

I. A kind of drinking-vessel, Dig. 34, 2, 37.—

II. A bucket on a water-wheel, Vitr. 10, 9: modioli gemelli, the boxes or cylinders of a forcing-pump, id. 10, 13.—

III. The nave of a wheel, Plin. 9, 4, 3, § 8; Vitr. 10, 4.—

IV. The box to receive the axle-tree of an oilmill, Cato, R. R. 20.—

V. A surgical instrument, a cylindrical borer with a serrated edge, a trepan, χοινίκιον, Cels. 8, 3 init.

Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin -olus Latin modiolus From modius + -olus.

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