Oculus Definition

ŏkyə-ləs
oculi
noun
An eyelike opening or ornament, especially:
American Heritage

(architecture) A window or other opening that has an oval or circular shape (as of an eye).

One can glimpse the sky through the oculus of the Pantheon in Rome.
Wiktionary
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Other Word Forms of Oculus

Noun

Singular:
oculus
Plural:
oculi

Origin of Oculus

  • Medieval Latin from Latin eye okw- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin oculus (“eye").

    From Wiktionary

Oculus Sentence Examples

  • I. Oculus Christi grows 1 1/2 to 2 feet high, and bears orange flowers in summer.

  • The archdeacon had thus become, on the one hand, the oculus episcopi, but on the other hand, armed as he was with powers of imposing penance and, in case of stubborn disobedience, of excommunicating offenders, his power tended more and more to grow at the bishop's expense.

  • Johann Zahn, in his Oculus Artificialis Teledioptricus (1685-1686), described and figured two forms of portable box cameras with lenses.

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Words Starting With

OOCOCU

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SUSLUS

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