cancellus

cancellus

cancellī, ōrum, m. (Demin. v. 2. cancer), das Gitter, die Einzäunung, die Schranken, A) eig.: c. scaenici, Varr. (auch Ov. am. 3, 2, 64 gemeint): c. fori, der Gerichte, Cic.: rivorum, Col.: aedium, ICt.: fenestrarum, Augustin. – von der gegitterten Haut des Elefanten, Plin. 8, 30. – Sing. cancellus, Ulp. dig. 43, 24, 9. § 1. – B) übtr., die Schranken, Grenzen, extra cancellos egredi, quos mihi ipse circumdedi, Cic.: cancellis circumscripta scientia, Cic. – intra cancellos omnes coniecti pugnare cogebantur, auf einem beschränkten Raum, Auct. b. Afr. 15, 3.

cancellī

Diminutive, from cancer (“crab”) +‎ -lus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kaŋˈkɛl.lʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kan̠ʲˈt͡ʃɛl.lus]

Noun

cancellus m (genitive cancellī); second declension

1. one of the bars which, in the form of a grid, collectively constitute a door that lets daylight through; the bars were covered by vēla if it was desired to keep the light off – lattice, grate, grid, bars, barrier, railings

Usage notes

Usually used in the plural to denote such a door.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	cancellus	cancellī
genitive	cancellī	cancellōrum
dative	cancellō	cancellīs
accusative	cancellum	cancellōs
ablative	cancellō	cancellīs
vocative	cancelle	cancellī