fonticulus

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Latin fonticulus, diminutive of fons.

Noun[edit]

fonticulus (plural fonticuli)

  1. Synonym of fontanelle (membranous spot on the head of a baby)
  2. A small artificial ulcer produced by caustics or a lancet.
  3. (anatomy) The depression just over the top of the breastbone.

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From fōns, fontis (spring, fountain) +‎ -culus (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

fonticulus m (genitive fonticulī); second declension

  1. Diminutive of fōns: a small spring or fountain

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative fonticulus fonticulī
Genitive fonticulī fonticulōrum
Dative fonticulō fonticulīs
Accusative fonticulum fonticulōs
Ablative fonticulō fonticulīs
Vocative fonticule fonticulī

Further reading[edit]

  • fonticulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • fonticulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers