rotulus

English

Etymology

From Latin rotulus (“roll”). Doublet of role and roll.

Noun

rotulus (plural rotuli)

1. A roll of parchment or papyrus that was written on to make a permanent record.

Anagrams

• torulus

Latin

Noun

rotulus m (genitive rotulī); second declension

1. alternative form of rotula

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	rotulus	rotulī
genitive	rotulī	rotulōrum
dative	rotulō	rotulīs
accusative	rotulum	rotulōs
ablative	rotulō	rotulīs
vocative	rotule	rotulī

Descendants

• Aragonese: ruello
• Catalan: rotlle, rull
• Middle French: rolle
  • French: rôle
    • → Catalan: rol
    • → English: role
    • → Spanish: rol
    • → Greek: ρόλος (rólos)
    • → Persian: رل (rol)
    • → Romanian: rol
    • → Turkish: rol
  • →? German: Rolle (perhaps through Middle Dutch)
• Galician: rollo, rolo, → rótulo
• Italian: rocchio, ruolo, ⇒ crocchio, → rotolo
• Occitan: ròtle
• Portuguese: rolo, → rótulo
• Sicilian: roḍḍu, rullu, → ròtulu
• Spanish: rollo, ruejo, rundel, → rótulo

References

• "rotulus", 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)