cornulum

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of cornū (“horn”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkor.nu.lum/, [ˈkɔrnʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkor.nu.lum/, [ˈkɔrnulum]

Noun

cornulum n (genitive cornulī); second declension

1. A little horn.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cornulum	cornula
Genitive	cornulī	cornulōrum
Dative	cornulō	cornulīs
Accusative	cornulum	cornula
Ablative	cornulō	cornulīs
Vocative	cornulum	cornula

Synonyms

• (little horn): corniculum

Related terms

• corneolus
• cornescō
• corneus
• cornicen
• corniculāns
• corniculātus

• corniculum
• cornifer
• corniger
• cornipēs
• cornū
• cornuālis

• cornuārius
• cornuātus
• cornūcōpia
• cornupeta
• cornūtus
• unicornis

References

• “cornulum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cornulum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.