oculus

[ ok-yuh-luh s ]

/ ˈɒk yə ləs /

an eye.

Architecture. a circular opening, especially one at the apex of a dome.

Archaeology. a design representing an eye, as on funerary pottery found in megalithic tombs of Europe.

Nearby words

< New Latin, Latin: eye

No wonder that the power of the archdeacons, the oculi episcopi, increased tenfold.
Chaucer and His Times|Grace E. Hadow
There is, however, another muscle—the Retractor oculi—belonging to the same group which is innervated by the VIth nerve.
The Origin of Vertebrates|Walter Holbrook Gaskell
Oculi tanquam speculatores altissimum locum obtinent—The eyes, like sentinels, occupy the highest place in the body.
Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources|James Wood
Avem Philomelam lingua carere pro certo affirmare possum, nisi me oculi fallunt.
The Works of Sir Thomas Browne (Volume 1 of 3)|Thomas Browne