English

Noun

ponticulus ‎(plural ponticuli)

1. (anatomy) a ridge of cartilage on the eminentia conchae of the ear

Latin

Etymology

From pōns +‎ -culus.

Noun

ponticulus m ‎(genitive ponticulī); second declension

1. little bridge

Inflection

Second declension.

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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “ponticulus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.