monticulus

English

Etymology

Latin monticulus

Noun

monticulus (plural monticuli)

1. A little elevation.

Related terms

• monticle

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Latin

Etymology

From mōns (“mountain”) +‎ -i- +‎ -culus (suffix forming a diminutive noun).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /monˈti.ku.lus/, [mɔn̪ˈt̪ɪkʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /monˈti.ku.lus/, [mon̪ˈt̪iːkulus]

Noun

monticulus m (genitive monticulī); second declension

1. (Late Latin) small mountain, monticle

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	monticulus	monticulī
Genitive	monticulī	monticulōrum
Dative	monticulō	monticulīs
Accusative	monticulum	monticulōs
Ablative	monticulō	monticulīs
Vocative	monticule	monticulī

Related terms

• monticellus

Descendants

• English: monticule, monticle
• French: monticule
• Galician: Montellos (place name)
• Portuguese: montijo, montículo
• Sardinian: montícru, montígiu, montigru, montiju, montigu
• Spanish: montículo

References

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