corniculum

See also: Corniculum

English

Etymology

Latin corniculum (“little horn”).

Noun

corniculum (plural cornicula)

(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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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

From cornū (“horn”) +‎ -culum (diminutive-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /korˈni.ku.lum/, [kɔrˈnɪkʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /korˈni.ku.lum/, [korˈniːkulum]

Noun

corniculum n (genitive corniculī); second declension

Diminutive of cornū: A little horn.
A horn-shaped ornament on the helmet, awarded for bravery.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

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

Synonyms

(little horn): cornulum

Derived terms

corniculāns
corniculātus

Related terms

corneolus
cornēscō
corneus
cornicen
cornifer
corniger
cornipēs
cornū
cornuālis
cornuārius
cornuātus
cornūcōpia
cornulum
cornupeta
cornūtus
unicornis

Descendants

Asturian: corneyu
Galician: cornello

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