colliculus

English

Etymology

From Latin colliculus, diminutive of collis (“hill”).

Noun

colliculus (plural colliculi)

(anatomy) A small elevation; a knoll

Derived terms

anterior colliculus
collicular
colliculate
facial colliculus
inferior colliculus
posterior colliculus
seminal colliculus
superior colliculus

Latin

Etymology

collis +‎ -culus

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɔlˈlɪ.kʊ.ɫʊs]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kolˈliː.ku.lus]

Noun

colliculus m (genitive colliculī); second declension

small hill, hillock, knoll

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	colliculus	colliculī
genitive	colliculī	colliculōrum
dative	colliculō	colliculīs
accusative	colliculum	colliculōs
ablative	colliculō	colliculīs
vocative	collicule	colliculī

Descendants

→ Catalan: col·licle
→ English: colliculus
→ Portuguese: colículo
→ Spanish: colículo

References

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