monticellus

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Latin

Etymology

From monticulus (“small mountain”) +‎ -lus (diminutive suffix). Attested from ca. 500 CE.[1]

Noun

monticellus m (genitive monticellī); second declension (Late Latin)

  1. diminutive of mōns (“mountain”)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative monticellus monticellī
genitive monticellī monticellōrum
dative monticellō monticellīs
accusative monticellum monticellōs
ablative monticellō monticellīs
vocative monticelle monticellī

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “montĭcĕllus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 6/3: Mobilis–Myxa, page 120

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