fonticulus

fonticulus

English

Etymology

From Latin fonticulus, diminutive of fons.

Noun

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

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dʰenh₂-der.?
Proto-Italic *fontis
Latin fōns, fontis
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Indo-European *-elós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Proto-Italic *-kelos
Latin -culus
Latin fonticulus

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

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    fonticulus m (genitive fonticulī); second declension

    1. diminutive of fōns: a small spring or fountain

    Declension

    Second-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative fonticulus fonticulī
    genitive fonticulī fonticulōrum
    dative fonticulō fonticulīs
    accusative fonticulum fonticulōs
    ablative fonticulō fonticulīs
    vocative fonticule fonticulī

    Further reading

    • “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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