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rotundus

rotundus

Latin

Adjective

rotundus m ‎(feminine rotunda, neuter rotundum); first/second declension

round, circular
spherical, rotund
(figuratively) rounded, perfect
(figuratively, of speech) polished, elegant
(substantive) A sphere

Inflection

First/second declension.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular				Plural
nominative	rotundus	rotunda	rotundum		rotundī	rotundae	rotunda
genitive	rotundī	rotundae	rotundī		rotundōrum	rotundārum	rotundōrum
dative	rotundō	rotundae	rotundō		rotundīs
accusative	rotundum	rotundam	rotundum		rotundōs	rotundās	rotunda
ablative	rotundō	rotundā	rotundō		rotundīs
vocative	rotunde	rotunda	rotundum		rotundī	rotundae	rotunda

comparative: rotundior, superlative: rotundissimus

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Asturian: redondu
Catalan: rodó, redó
Dutch: rond, ronde, rotonde
English: rotund, round
French: rond
Friulian: taront, tont
Galician: redondo
German: rund

Italian: rotondo, tondo
Occitan: redond, ardon
Portuguese: redondo, rotundo
Romanian: rotund
Romansch: radund, radond, rodund
Sardinian: tundhu, tundu, tunnu
Sicilian: tunnu
Spanish: redondo, rotundo

References

rotundus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
rotundus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “rotundus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.