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Grammar : Noun
Spell : ok-yuh-luh s
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɒk yə ləs



Définition of oculus

Origin :
  • "an eye," plural oculi, 1857, from Latin oculus "an eye" (see eye (n.)).
  • As in eye : noun optical organ of an animate being
Example sentences :
  • Indeed, some say that the eye is so called from its swiftness (oculus a velocitate).
  • Extract from : « On Prayer and The Contemplative Life » by St. Thomas Aquinas
  • It opens to the nave, with two pointed arches with an oculus above.
  • Extract from : « The Shores of the Adriatic » by F. Hamilton Jackson
  • The round chapel to the left of the apse has a cupola with an oculus and a lantern at the top.
  • Extract from : « The Shores of the Adriatic » by F. Hamilton Jackson
  • Oculus domini saginat equum—The master's eye makes the horse fat.
  • Extract from : « Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources » by James Wood

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