cornulum

cornulum

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 *-elós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Latin -ulum
Latin cornulum

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

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    cornulum n (genitive cornulī); second declension

    1. A little horn.

    Declension

    Second-declension noun (neuter).

    singular plural
    nominative cornulum cornula
    genitive cornulī cornulōrum
    dative cornulō cornulīs
    accusative cornulum cornula
    ablative cornulō cornulīs
    vocative cornulum cornula

    Synonyms

    References

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