fonticulus
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Latin fonticulus, diminutive of fons.
Noun[edit]
fonticulus (plural fonticuli)
- Synonym of fontanelle (“membranous spot on the head of a baby”)
- A small artificial ulcer produced by caustics or a lancet.
- (anatomy) The depression just over the top of the breastbone.
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From fōns, fontis (“spring, fountain”) + -culus (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /fonˈti.ku.lus/, [fɔn̪ˈt̪ɪkʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /fonˈti.ku.lus/, [fon̪ˈt̪iːkulus]
Noun[edit]
fonticulus m (genitive fonticulī); second declension
- 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
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