cornicula
English edit
Noun edit
cornicula
- plural of corniculum
Latin edit
Etymology 1 edit
From cornīx f (“crow”) + -ula (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /korˈniː.ku.la/, [kɔrˈniːkʊɫ̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /korˈni.ku.la/, [korˈniːkulä]
Noun edit
cornīcula f (genitive cornīculae); first declension
- a small crow
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cornīcula | cornīculae |
| Genitive | cornīculae | cornīculārum |
| Dative | cornīculae | cornīculīs |
| Accusative | cornīculam | cornīculās |
| Ablative | cornīculā | cornīculīs |
| Vocative | cornīcula | cornīculae |
Descendants edit
- via *cornĭcla:
- via *cornacla:
- Italian: cornacchia
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /korˈni.ku.la/, [kɔrˈnɪkʊɫ̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /korˈni.ku.la/, [korˈniːkulä]
Noun edit
cornicula
References edit
- “cornicula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “cornicula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cornicula 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)
- cornicula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “cornīcula”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2: C Q K, page 1190