corniculum

See also: Corniculum

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin corniculum (“little horn”).

Noun

corniculum (plural cornicula)

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

References

• “corniculum”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Etymology

From cornū (“horn”) +‎ -culum (diminutive-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) 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

Derived terms

• corniculāns
• corniculātus

Related terms

• corneolus
• cornēscō
• corneus
• cornicen
• cornifer
• corniger
• cornipēs
• cornū
• cornuālis
• cornuārius
• cornuātus
• cornūcōpia
• cornulum
• cornupeta
• cornūtus
• ūnicornis

 

Descendants

• Asturian: corneyu
• Galician: cornello
• → English: cornicle

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