corneolus

English

Noun

corneolus (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) horn
   • 1631, Francis [Bacon], “(please specify |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:

     These following bodies do not draw: smaragd, achates, corneolus, pearl, jaspis, chalcedonius, alabaster, porphyry, coral, marble, touchstone, haematites, or bloodstone […]

Anagrams

• Lourencos, coronules, counselor, encolours

Latin

Etymology

From corneus (“horny”) +‎ -olus (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /korˈne.o.lus/, [kɔrˈneɔɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /korˈne.o.lus/, [korˈnɛːolus]

Adjective

corneolus (feminine corneola, neuter corneolum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Like or composed of horn, horny.
2. (figuratively) Hard, firm.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	corneolus	corneola	corneolum		corneolī	corneolae	corneola
Genitive	corneolī	corneolae	corneolī		corneolōrum	corneolārum	corneolōrum
Dative	corneolō		corneolō		corneolīs
Accusative	corneolum	corneolam	corneolum		corneolōs	corneolās	corneola
Ablative	corneolō	corneolā	corneolō		corneolīs
Vocative	corneole	corneola	corneolum		corneolī	corneolae	corneola

Related terms

• cornēscō
• corneus
• cornicen
• corniculāns
• corniculātus
• corniculum
• cornifer
• corniger
• cornipēs
• cornū
• cornuālis
• cornuārius
• cornuātus
• cornūcōpia
• cornulum
• cornupeta
• cornūtus
• ūnicornis

 

Descendants

• → Catalan: corniol

References

• “corneolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “corneolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• corneolus 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)
• corneolus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.