monticellus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From monticulus (“small mountain”) + -lus (diminutive suffix). Attested from ca. 500 CE.[1]
Noun edit
monticellus m (genitive monticellī); second declension (Late Latin)
- Diminutive of mōns (“mountain”)
Declension edit
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | monticellus | monticellī |
| Genitive | monticellī | monticellōrum |
| Dative | monticellō | monticellīs |
| Accusative | monticellum | monticellōs |
| Ablative | monticellō | monticellīs |
| Vocative | monticelle | monticellī |
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Balkan Romance:
- Dalmatian:
- North Italian:
- Venetian: montexèƚo
- Italo-Romance:
- Italian: monticello
- Sicilian: munticeddu
- Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: monticheddu
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Galician: montecelo, monticelo
- Portuguese: Montezelo
- Spanish: montecillo
References edit
- ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “montĭcĕllus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 6/3: Mobilis–Myxa, page 120
Further reading edit
- “monticellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- monticellus 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)
- monticellus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.