oculus

From the Proto-Indo-European root *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”) with the diminutive suffix -ulus.^[1] Compare Sanskrit अक्षि (ákṣi, “eye”), Ancient Greek ὄσσε (ósse, “eyes”), ὤψ (ṓps, “eye”).

oculus m (genitive oculī); second declension

(literally, anatomy) eye [ synonym ▲][ quotations ▼]
Synonym: (Ecclesiastical Latin) palpebra
(transferred sense):
1. sight, vision
2. (poetic, literary) luminary of the sun and stars
3. spot resembling an eye, such as on a peacock feather
4. (botany):
  1. eye, bud, bourgeon
  2. bud, bulb or knob on many roots, on the reed, etc.
  3. great houseleek [ synonym ▲]
    Synonym: aizōum majus
(figuratively):
1. principal ornament
2. eye of the soul, mind's eye [ quotations ▼]

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