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Pair of Roman armillae in the shape of snakes, 1st century CE

Borrowed from Latin armilla. Doublet of armill.

armilla (plural armillas or armillae)

  1. (Ancient Rome) An armband awarded as a military decoration in Ancient Rome.
  2. (zoology) A ring of hair or feathers on the legs.
  3. (astronomy) Alternative form of armill

Borrowed from Spanish almilla, diminutive of alma (“soul”).

armilla f (plural armilles)

  1. waistcoat, vest
    armilla antibales ― bulletproof vest
    armilla salvavides ― life jacket

armilla

  1. adessive singular of armi

From Latin armilla.

  • IPA(key): /arˈmil.la/
  • Rhymes: -illa
  • Hyphenation: ar‧mìl‧la

armilla f (plural armille)

  1. (Ancient Rome) armilla (armband awarded as a military decoration in Ancient Rome)
  2. (astronomy) armil
    Synonym: sfera armillare
  3. (architecture, heraldry) annulet
  4. (obsolete) dog collar
  • armilla in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

From Latin armus or arma.

armilla f (genitive armillae); first declension

  1. bracelet, armlet
  2. metal hoop, ring or ferrule

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative armilla armillae
Genitive armillae armillārum
Dative armillae armillīs
Accusative armillam armillās
Ablative armillā armillīs
Vocative armilla armillae
  • “armilla”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “armilla”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • armilla in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • armilla in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “armilla”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “armilla”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

From arma +‎ -illa or from Latin armilla.

  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /aɾˈmiʝa/ [aɾˈmi.ʝa]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /aɾˈmiʎa/ [aɾˈmi.ʎa]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /aɾˈmiʃa/ [aɾˈmi.ʃa]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /aɾˈmiʒa/ [aɾˈmi.ʒa]
  • Syllabification: ar‧mi‧lla

armilla f (plural armillas)

  1. diminutive of arma
  2. (astronomy) armill, armillary sphere (ancient astronomical instrument)
    Synonym: esfera armilar
  3. (obsolete) bracelet
    Synonym: brazalete