ponticulus
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English
Noun
ponticulus (plural ponticuli)
- (anatomy) a ridge of cartilage on the eminentia conchae of the ear
Latin
Etymology
Noun
ponticulus m (genitive ponticulī); second declension
- diminutive of pōns: little bridge
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ponticulus | ponticulī |
| genitive | ponticulī | ponticulōrum |
| dative | ponticulō | ponticulīs |
| accusative | ponticulum | ponticulōs |
| ablative | ponticulō | ponticulīs |
| vocative | ponticule | ponticulī |
Descendants
References
- “ponticulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ponticulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ponticulus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- ponticulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.