"fonticulus" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: [fɔnˈtɪ.kʊ.ɫʊs] [Classical-Latin], [fonˈtiː.ku.lus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From fōns, fontis (“spring, fountain”) + -culus (diminutive suffix). Etymology templates: {{af|la|fōns|-culus|alt1=fōns, fontis|pos2=diminutive suffix|t1=spring, fountain}} fōns, fontis (“spring, fountain”) + -culus (diminutive suffix) Head templates: {{la-noun|fonticulus<2>|g=m}} fonticulus m (genitive fonticulī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|fonticulus<2>}} Forms: fonticulī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], fonticulus [nominative, singular], fonticulī [nominative, plural], fonticulī [genitive, singular], fonticulōrum [genitive, plural], fonticulō [dative, singular], fonticulīs [dative, plural], fonticulum [accusative, singular], fonticulōs [accusative, plural], fonticulō [ablative, singular], fonticulīs [ablative, plural], fonticule [singular, vocative], fonticulī [plural, vocative]
  1. diminutive of fōns: a small spring or fountain Tags: declension-2, diminutive, form-of, masculine Form of: fōns (extra: a small spring or fountain)
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