corniculum

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin corniculum (“little horn”). === Noun === corniculum (plural cornicula) (anatomy, archaic) A small horn-like part or process. === References === “corniculum”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Latin == === Etymology === From cornū (“horn”) + -culum (diminutive-forming suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɔrˈnɪ.kʊ.ɫũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [korˈniː.ku.lum] === Noun === corniculum n (genitive corniculī); second declension diminutive of cornū: A little horn. A horn-shaped ornament on the helmet, awarded for bravery. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Synonyms ==== (little horn): cornulum ==== Derived terms ==== corniculāns cornicularius corniculātus corniculus ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Asturian: corneyu Galician: cornello → English: cornicle === References === “corniculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “corniculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “corniculum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “corniculum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “corniculum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly “corniculum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin