monticulus

English

Etymology

From Latin monticulus.

Noun

monticulus (plural monticuli)

  1. A little elevation.

Latin

Etymology

From mōns (“mountain”) +‎ -culus (diminutive suffix). Attested from the fourth century CE.[1]

Noun

monticulus m (genitive monticulī); second declension

  1. (Late Latin) diminutive of mōns: small mountain, monticle
  2. (Medieval Latin) mosque (Can we verify(+) this sense?)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative monticulus monticulī
genitive monticulī monticulōrum
dative monticulō monticulīs
accusative monticulum monticulōs
ablative monticulō monticulīs
vocative monticule monticulī

Derived terms

Descendants

(Capitalized forms are toponyms.)

  • Italo-Western Romance:
    • French: Monteil
    • Gascon: montèlh
    • Galician: Montellos
    • Italian: monticchio, Montecchio
  • Insular Romance:
    • Sardinian: montícru, montígiu, montigru, montiju, montigu
  • Borrowings:

References

  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “montĭcŭlus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 6/3: Mobilis–Myxa, page 120

Further reading

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