ponticulus

English

Noun

ponticulus (plural ponticuli)

  1. (anatomy) a ridge of cartilage on the eminentia conchae of the ear

Latin

Etymology

From pōns +‎ -culus.

Noun

ponticulus m (genitive ponticulī); second declension

  1. diminutive of pōns: little bridge

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative ponticulus ponticulī
genitive ponticulī ponticulōrum
dative ponticulō ponticulīs
accusative ponticulum ponticulōs
ablative ponticulō ponticulīs
vocative ponticule ponticulī

Descendants

  • Catalan: pontell
  • French: ponceau
  • Galician: pontella

References

  • “ponticulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “ponticulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "ponticulus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • ponticulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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