colliculus
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English
Etymology
From Latin colliculus, diminutive of collis (“hill”).
Noun
colliculus (plural colliculi)
Derived terms
- colliculate
- anterior colliculus
- collicular
- facial colliculus
- inferior colliculus
- posterior colliculus
- seminal colliculus
- superior colliculus
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kolˈli.ku.lus/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kolˈli.ku.lus/,
Noun
colliculus m (genitive colliculī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | colliculus | colliculī |
| genitive | colliculī | colliculōrum |
| dative | colliculō | colliculīs |
| accusative | colliculum | colliculōs |
| ablative | colliculō | colliculīs |
| vocative | collicule | colliculī |
Descendants
- → Catalan: col·licle
- → English: colliculus
- → Portuguese: colículo
- → Spanish: colículo
References
- “colliculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- colliculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.