Oculus

Definition: Oculus

Oculus

Noun

1. The organ of sight (`peeper' is an informal term for `eye').

Date "oculus" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references)

Etymology: Oculus \Oc"u*lus\, noun; plural Oculi. [Latin expression, an eye.]. (Websters 1913)

Domain	Definitions
Health	Globe or ball of the eye. (references)
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Synonyms: Oculus

Synonyms: eye (n), optic (n), peeper (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Oculus

English words defined with "oculus": Oculi, Oculo-, oculus dexter, oculus sinister. (references)

Etymologies containing "oculus": Antler ♦ Binocle ♦ Exoculate, Eyelet ♦ Monocular, Multocular ♦ Ocellated, Ocellus, Oculiform, Oculina, Oculist ♦ Senocular. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Oculus" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Latin (eye, ocular).

Domain	Title
Books	Der Oculus Memorie : ein Güterverzeichnis von 1211 aus Kloster Eberbach im Rheingau (reference) Speeches from the Oculus Pastoralis (Toronto Medieval Latin Texts, No 19) (reference) (more book examples)
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	Caudam oculus, sed habet rerum sapientia fines.Credit: National Library of Medicine.
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"Oculus" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Oculus" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	4	175,879

Expressions using "oculus": oculus dexter ♦ oculus sinister. Additional references.
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The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "oculus"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Ukranian		фасеточне око комахи, кругле вікно, отвір на верху бані, око (eye, ocular, optic, orb, winker), брунька (bud, burgeon, button, shoot). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	fundus oculi. (various references)
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Language	Date	Source	Matthew Chapter 20, Verse 15
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	H ouk exestin moi poihsai o qelw en toiV emoiV ei o ofqalmoV sou ponhroV estin oti egw agaqoV eimi
Latin	405	Vulgate	Aut non licet mihi quod volo facere an oculus tuus nequam est quia ego bonus sum
Old English	990	West Saxon	Oððe ne mot ic don þæt ic wille.hwader þe þin eage manfull ys. forþam þeich göd eom.
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	Whether it is not leueful to me to do that that Y wole? Whether thin iye is wickid, for Y am good?
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	Ys it not lawfull for me to do as me listeth with myne awne? Ys thyne eye evyll because I am good?
Jacobean English	1611	King James	Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
Victorian English	1833	Webster	Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with my own? is thy eye evil because I am good?
Basic English	1964	Ogden	Have I not the right to do as seems good to me in my house? or is your eye evil, because I am good?
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Language	Matthew Chapter 20, Verse 15
Cebuano	Dili ba diay matarung kanako ang paggawi sa akong mga butang sumala sa akong gusto? O imo ba diay ako nga bagot-botan tungod sa akong pagkamahinatagon?`
Chinese	我的東西難道不可隨我的意思用麼．因為我作好人、你就紅了眼麼。
Croatian	Nije li mi slobodno èiniti sa svojim što hoæu? Ili zar je oko tvoje zlo što sam ja dobar?'"
Danish	Eller har jeg ikke Lov at gøre med mit, hvad jeg vil? Eller er dit Øje ondt, fordi jeg er god?
Dutch	Of is het mij niet geoorloofd, te doen met het mijne, wat ik wil? Of is uw oog boos, omdat ik goed ben?
Finnish	Enkö saa tehdä omallani, mitä tahdon? Vai onko silmäsi nurja sentähden, että minä olen hyvä?`
French	Ne m`est-il pas permis de faire de mon bien ce que je veux? Ou vois-tu de mauvais oeil que je sois bon? -
German	Oder habe ich nicht Macht, zu tun, was ich will, mit dem Meinen? Siehst du darum so scheel, daß ich so gütig bin?
Haitian Creole	Eske m' pa gen dwa fè sa m' vle ak lajan mwen? Osinon, èske sa fè ou mal si m' gen bon kè?
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Apakah saya tidak boleh berbuat semau saya dengan kepunyaan saya? Ataukah engkau iri, karena saya bermurah hati?'"
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Tiadakah boleh aku berbuat sekehendakku atas milikku sendiri? Atau jahatkah pemandanganmu oleh sebab aku ini baik?
Italian	Non posso fare delle mie cose quello che voglio? Oppure tu sei invidioso perché io sono buono?
Latvian	Vai man nav tiesîbu darît to, ko es gribu? Vai tava acs skaudîga, ka es esmu labs?
Manx Gaelic	Nagh vel eh lowal dou dy yannoo cre saillym rish my chooid hene? vel dty hooill's olk, er-yn-oyr dy vel mish mie?
Maori	Ehara ianei i te tika kia meatia e ahau taku e pai ai ki aku mea? He kino oti tou kanohi no te mea he pai ahau?
Norwegian	Eller har jeg ikke lov til å gjøre med mitt hvad jeg vil? eller er ditt øie ondt fordi jeg er god?
Portuguese	Não me é lícito fazer o que quero do que é meu? Ou é mau o teu olho porque eu sou bom?
Rumanian	Nu pot sq fac ce vreau cu ce -i al meu? Ori este ochiul tqu rqu, fiindcq eu sknt bun?`
Russian	ТБЪЧЕ С ОЕ ЧМБУФЕО Ч УЧПЕН ДЕМБФШ, ЮФП ИПЮХ? ЙМЙ ЗМБЪ ФЧПК ЪБЧЙУФМЙЧ ПФФПЗП, ЮФП С ДПВТ?
Shuar	Warí, winia Kuítrujai wi wakeramun Túrachminkaitiaj. Antsu wi tsanka asamtai ¿yajauch Enentáimturmek?" timiai.'
Spanish	¿No me es lícito hacer lo que quiero con lo mío? ¿O tienes envidia porque soy bueno?"
Swahili	Je, sina haki ya kufanya na mali yangu nipendavyo? Je, unaona kijicho kwa kuwa mimi ni mwema?"`
Swedish	Har jag icke lov att göra såsom jag vill med det som är mitt? Eller skall du med onda ögon se på att jag är så god?' --
Uma	Ha uma ma'ala kubabehi ntuku' konoa-ku hante doi-ku? Napa pai' mohingi' -koi hi doo ane lompe' nono-ku hi hira'?'"
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Derivations
	Words ending with "oculus": loculus. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Oculus" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: occultus, occulus, ocellus, Ocelus, Oculi, oculis, Okulick, Okullu, okulus, osculus, sculus. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "oculus" (pronounced 'Oc"u*lus'): Abaculus, AEolus, Alto-cumulus, Alveolus, Angelus, Annulus, Articulus, Asilus, Astragalus, Bacillus, Baetulus, Bolus, Bucephalus, Callus, Canaliculus, Carolus, Cauliculus, Clitellus, Crotalus, Cucullus, Embolus, Flocculus, funiculus, Gladiolus, Glomerulus, hilus, homunculus, hydrocephalus, Lienculus, Limulus, loculus, Malleolus, modiolus, modulus, Monomphalus, Nautilus, Nucellus, Nucleolus, Obelus, Obolus, Ocellus, Overplus, Palulus, Palus, Paxillus, Pediculus, Peplus, Pessulus, Phacellus, Phallus. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-l-o-s-u-u"
	-1 letter: locus.
	-2 letters: cols, soul, sulu, ulus.
	-3 letters: col, cos, sol, sou, ulu.
	-4 letters: lo, os, so, us.
	Words containing the letters "c-l-o-s-u-u"
	+1 letter: loculus, osculum.
	+2 letters: acaulous, cumulous, glaucous, luscious, opuscula, opuscule, ulcerous, unclouds.
	+3 letters: acidulous, calculous, clubhouse, coagulums, crapulous, credulous, curculios, curiously, flocculus, inoculums, lubricous, ludicrous, nocuously, nucleolus, opuscules, opusculum, outmuscle, raucously, uncouples, vacuously.
	+4 letters: calumnious, cautiously, cloudburst, clubhouses, cocultures, colluviums, columbiums, cumbrously, homunculus, loquacious, lubricious, luciferous, lusciously, meticulous, miraculous, operculums, outmuscled, outmuscles, pediculous, pronucleus, ridiculous, scrofulous, scrupulous, scurrilous, submucosal, uncouplers, unctuously.
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