monticulus

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English

Etymology

From Latin monticulus.

Noun

monticulus (plural monticuli)

  1. A little elevation.

Latin

Etymology

From mōns (mountain) +‎ -i- +‎ -culus (suffix forming a diminutive noun). Attested from the fourth century CE.[1]

Noun

monticulus m (genitive monticulī); second declension

  1. (Late Latin) diminutive of mōns: small mountain, monticle
  2. (Medieval Latin) mosque (Can we verify(+) this sense?)

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

Derived terms

Descendants

(Capitalized forms are toponyms.)

References

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

Further reading

  • 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.