corniculum

See also: Corniculum

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin corniculum (“little horn”).

Noun

corniculum (plural cornicula)

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

References

• “corniculum”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

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Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-der.

Proto-Italic *kornū

Latin cornū

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-e-lós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Proto-Italic *-kelos

Latin -culum

Latin corniculum

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɔrˈnɪ.kʊ.ɫũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [korˈniː.ku.lum]

Noun

corniculum n (genitive corniculī); second declension

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

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	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
• cornicularius
• corniculātus
• corniculus

Related terms

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

Descendants

• Asturian: corneyu
• Galician: cornello
• → English: cornicle

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