monticulus
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
monticulus (plural monticuli)
- A little elevation.
Related terms edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From mōns (“mountain”) + -i- + -culus (suffix forming a diminutive noun). Attested from the fourth century CE.[1]
Noun edit
monticulus m (genitive monticulī); second declension
- (Late Latin) Diminutive of mōns: small mountain, monticle
- (Medieval Latin) mosque (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
Declension edit
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | monticulus | monticulī |
| Genitive | monticulī | monticulōrum |
| Dative | monticulō | monticulīs |
| Accusative | monticulum | monticulōs |
| Ablative | monticulō | monticulīs |
| Vocative | monticule | monticulī |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
(Capitalized forms are toponyms.)
- Italo-Western Romance:
- French: Monteil
- Gascon: montèlh
- Galician: Montellos
- Italian: monticchio, Montecchio
- Insular Romance:
- Borrowings:
References edit
- ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “montĭcŭlus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 6/3: Mobilis–Myxa, page 120
Further reading edit
- “monticulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- monticulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.