ponticulus

English

Noun

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ponticulus

Wikipedia

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, 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.