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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of cornū (“horn”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /korˈni.ku.lum/, [kɔrˈnɪ.kʊ.ɫũ]

Noun

corniculum n (genitive corniculī); second declension

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

Inflection

Second declension.

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

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Asturian: corneyu

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
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