oculi-comb. form

Stress is usually determined by a subsequent element and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. oculiferous adj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin oculus , -i- connective.

Etymology: < classical Latin oculus eye (see oculus n.) + -i- connective. Compare French oculi- (in oculiform oculiform adj., oculifère oculiferous adj.; rare), and also classical Latin oculi-, combining form of oculus, attested in the isolated formation oculicrepida in Plautus.Attested in a small number of formations in the 19th cent., apparently earliest in oculiform adj.

Forming a small number of nouns and adjectives with the sense ‘of or relating to the eye’.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	oculi-
释义	oculi-comb. form Stress is usually determined by a subsequent element and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. oculiferous adj. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin oculus , -i- connective. Etymology: < classical Latin oculus eye (see oculus n.) + -i- connective. Compare French oculi- (in oculiform oculiform adj., oculifère oculiferous adj.; rare), and also classical Latin oculi-, combining form of oculus, attested in the isolated formation oculicrepida in Plautus.Attested in a small number of formations in the 19th cent., apparently earliest in oculiform adj. Forming a small number of nouns and adjectives with the sense ‘of or relating to the eye’. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < comb. form
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