Latin

Proper noun

Corniculum n ‎(genitive Corniculī); second declension

1. A town in Latium.

Inflection

Second declension, with locative.

Derived terms

• Corniculānus

References

• Corniculum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Corniculum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

English

Noun

corniculum ‎(plural cornicula)

1. (anatomy) A small horn-like part or process.

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of cornū ‎(“horn”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /korˈni.ku.lum/, [kɔrˈnɪ.kʊ.ɫũ]

Noun

corniculum n ‎(genitive corniculī); second declension

1. A little horn.
2. A horn-shaped ornament on the helmet, awarded for bravery.

Inflection

Second declension.

Synonyms

• (little horn): cornulum

Derived terms

Descendants

• Asturian: corneyu

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “corniculum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: 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