"fonticulus" meaning in Latin

See fonticulus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [fɔnˈtɪ.kʊ.ɫʊs] [Classical-Latin], [fonˈtiː.ku.lus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰenh₂-der.? Proto-Italic *fontis Latin fōns, fontis Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -culus Latin fonticulus From fōns, fontis (“spring, fountain”) + -culus (diminutive suffix). Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:af|fōns<t:spring, fountain><alt:fōns, fontis>|-culus<pos:diminutive suffix>|text=+|title=fonticulus|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰenh₂-der.? Proto-Italic *fontis Latin fōns, fontis Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -culus Latin fonticulus [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "id" : "set in motion", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*dʰenh₂-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*fontis", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "fōns", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "diminutive", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-elós", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent nouns", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-lós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-elos", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-kelos", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-culus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la", "pos" : "diminutive suffix" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "fonticulus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="fonticulus"> From 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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