corniculum
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See also: Corniculum
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin corniculum (“little horn”).
Noun
corniculum (plural cornicula)
References
- “corniculum”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Etymology
From cornū (“horn”) + -culum (diminutive-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /korˈni.ku.lum/, [kɔrˈnɪkʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /korˈni.ku.lum/, [korˈniːkulum]
Noun
corniculum n (genitive corniculī); second declension
- diminutive of cornū: A little horn.
- A horn-shaped ornament on the helmet, awarded for bravery.
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Synonyms
- (little horn): cornulum
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “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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