parallelus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

părallēlus, a, um, and părallēlos, on, adj., = παράλληλος,

paraliel : parallelos linea, Vitr. 5, 8: circuli paralleli; or absol. paralleli, concentric circles on the celestial globe, parallels of latitude : nostri circulos appellavere, Graeci parallelos, Plin. 6, 33, 39, § 212; Mart. Cap. 8, § 817.