corniculum
See also: Corniculum
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin corniculum (“little horn”).
Noun
editcorniculum (plural cornicula)
References
edit- “corniculum”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom cornū (“horn”) + -culum (diminutive-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /korˈni.ku.lum/, [kɔrˈnɪkʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /korˈni.ku.lum/, [korˈniːkulum]
Noun
editcorniculum n (genitive corniculī); second declension
- diminutive of cornū: A little horn.
- A horn-shaped ornament on the helmet, awarded for bravery.
Declension
editSecond-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | corniculum | cornicula |
Genitive | corniculī | corniculōrum |
Dative | corniculō | corniculīs |
Accusative | corniculum | cornicula |
Ablative | corniculō | corniculīs |
Vocative | corniculum | cornicula |
Synonyms
edit- (little horn): cornulum
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- “corniculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “corniculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- corniculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “corniculum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “corniculum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- “corniculum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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