cornicula

English

Noun

cornicula

1. plural of corniculum

Latin

Etymology 1

From cornīx f (“crow”) +‎ -ula (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /korˈniː.ku.la/, [kɔrˈniːkʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /korˈni.ku.la/, [korˈniːkulä]

Noun

cornīcula f (genitive cornīculae); first declension

1. a small crow

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cornīcula	cornīculae
Genitive	cornīculae	cornīculārum
Dative	cornīculae	cornīculīs
Accusative	cornīculam	cornīculās
Ablative	cornīculā	cornīculīs
Vocative	cornīcula	cornīculae

Descendants

• via *cornĭcla:
  • Catalan: cornella
  • French: corneille
  • Galician: cornella
  • Spanish: corneja
• via *cornacla:
  • Italian: cornacchia

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /korˈni.ku.la/, [kɔrˈnɪkʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /korˈni.ku.la/, [korˈniːkulä]

Noun

cornicula

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of corniculum

References

• “cornicula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cornicula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cornicula 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)
• cornicula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “cornīcula”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2: C Q K, page 1190