corniculum

See also: Corniculum

English

Etymology

Latin corniculum (“little horn”).

Noun

corniculum (plural cornicula)

1. (anatomy) A small horn-like part or process.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “corniculum”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Latin

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

1. diminutive of cornū: A little horn.
2. A horn-shaped ornament on the helmet, awarded for bravery.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	corniculum	cornicula
Genitive	corniculī	corniculōrum
Dative	corniculō	corniculīs
Accusative	corniculum	cornicula
Ablative	corniculō	corniculīs
Vocative	corniculum	cornicula

Synonyms

• (little horn): cornulum

Related terms

• corneolus
• cornēscō
• corneus
• cornicen

• cornifer
• corniger
• cornipēs
• cornū
• cornuālis
• cornuārius

• cornuātus
• cornūcōpia
• cornulum
• cornupeta
• cornūtus
• unicornis

Derived terms

• corniculāns
• corniculātus

Descendants

• Asturian: corneyu
• Galician: cornello

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