Meaning of radius | Babel Free

Definitions

1. a staff, rod
   declension-2, masculine
2. a spoke of a wheel
   declension-2, masculine
3. a rod for measurement
   declension-2, masculine
4. the radius of a circle; a rotating radial arm
   declension-2, masculine
5. a shuttle
   declension-2, masculine
6. a bolt or shaft
   declension-2, masculine, poetic
7. the spur of a bird's leg
   declension-2, masculine
8. the tail-spine of a stingray
   declension-2, masculine
9. the radius (the outer bone of a forearm)
   declension-2, masculine
10. a ray of light (also reflected)
    declension-2, masculine
11. a ray extending from the eye to the object seen
    declension-2, masculine
12. the name of an elongated variety of olive
    declension-2, masculine
13. the name of a rod with which geometers make figures in dust, also known as a virga
    declension-2, masculine

Equivalents

Examples

““… ubi prīmōs crāstinus ortus”

“… when at tomorrow’s early dawn the Titan [Sun] will have risen, and with [his] rays revealed the world.”

“At pater Hēliadum radiōs ubi tīnxerit undīs”

But when the father of the Heliades shall have dipped his rays in the waves …. (The father is the sun god; see: Heliades.)

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