monticulus

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin monticulus.

Noun

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monticulus (plural monticuli)

  1. A little elevation.
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Latin

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Etymology

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From mōns (mountain) +‎ -i- +‎ -culus (suffix forming a diminutive noun). Attested from the fourth century CE.[1]

Noun

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monticulus m (genitive monticulī); second declension

  1. (Late Latin) diminutive of mōns: small mountain, monticle
  2. (Medieval Latin) mosque (Can we verify(+) this sense?)

Declension

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Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative monticulus monticulī
Genitive monticulī monticulōrum
Dative monticulō monticulīs
Accusative monticulum monticulōs
Ablative monticulō monticulīs
Vocative monticule monticulī

Derived terms

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Descendants

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(Capitalized forms are toponyms.)

References

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  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “montĭcŭlus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 6/3: Mobilis–Myxa, page 120

Further reading

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  • monticulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • monticulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.