fonticulus

== English == === Etymology === From Latin fonticulus, diminutive of fons. === Noun === fonticulus (plural fonticuli) Synonym of fontanelle (“membranous spot on the head of a baby”). A small artificial ulcer produced by caustics or a lancet. (anatomy) The depression just over the top of the breastbone. == Latin == === Etymology === From fōns, fontis (“spring, fountain”) +‎ -culus (diminutive suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [fɔnˈtɪ.kʊ.ɫʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [fonˈtiː.ku.lus] === Noun === fonticulus m (genitive fonticulī); second declension diminutive of fōns: a small spring or fountain ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. === 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