monticulus

English

Etymology

From Latin monticulus.

Noun

monticulus (plural monticuli)

1. A little elevation.

Related terms

• monticle
• monticulus cerebelli

Latin

Etymology

From mōns (“mountain”) +‎ -i- +‎ -culus (suffix forming a diminutive noun). Attested from the fourth century CE.

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.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	monticulus	monticulī
Genitive	monticulī	monticulōrum
Dative	monticulō	monticulīs
Accusative	monticulum	monticulōs
Ablative	monticulō	monticulīs
Vocative	monticule	monticulī

Derived terms

• monticellus

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:
  • → English: monticule, monticle
  • → French: monticule
  • → Italian: monticolo
  • → Portuguese: montículo
  • → Spanish: montículo

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.