ponticulus
English edit
Noun edit
ponticulus (plural ponticuli)
- (anatomy) a ridge of cartilage on the eminentia conchae of the ear
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
ponticulus m (genitive ponticulī); second declension
- Diminutive of pōns: little bridge
Declension edit
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ponticulus | ponticulī |
| Genitive | ponticulī | ponticulōrum |
| Dative | ponticulō | ponticulīs |
| Accusative | ponticulum | ponticulōs |
| Ablative | ponticulō | ponticulīs |
| Vocative | ponticule | ponticulī |
Descendants edit
References edit
- “ponticulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ponticulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ponticulus 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)
- ponticulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.