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modiolus.

cup (small drinking vessel)

8 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun

  1. cup (small drinking vessel)

    declension-2 · masculine

  2. bucket of a water wheel

    declension-2 · masculine

  3. hub (of a wheel)

    declension-2 · masculine

  4. modiolus

    New-Latin · declension-2 · masculine
Where this word comes from

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

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