colliculus
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin colliculus, diminutive of collis (“hill”).
Noun
[edit]colliculus (plural colliculi)
Derived terms
[edit]- colliculate
- anterior colliculus
- collicular
- facial colliculus
- inferior colliculus
- posterior colliculus
- seminal colliculus
- superior colliculus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit](Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kolˈli.ku.lus/, [kɔlˈlʲɪkʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kolˈli.ku.lus/, [kolˈliːkulus]
Noun
[edit]colliculus m (genitive colliculī); second declension
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | colliculus | colliculī |
genitive | colliculī | colliculōrum |
dative | colliculō | colliculīs |
accusative | colliculum | colliculōs |
ablative | colliculō | colliculīs |
vocative | collicule | colliculī |
Descendants
[edit]- → Catalan: col·licle
- → English: colliculus
- → Portuguese: colículo
- → Spanish: colículo
References
[edit]- “colliculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- colliculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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