colliculus

English

Etymology

From Latin colliculus, diminutive of collis (“hill”).

Noun

colliculus (plural colliculi)

1. (anatomy) A small elevation.

   Near-synonym: monticulus (geographical or anatomical)

Derived terms

• anterior colliculus
• collicular
• colliculate
• facial colliculus
• inferior colliculus
• posterior colliculus
• seminal colliculus
• superior colliculus

See also

• knoll (geographic)

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-der.?

Latin collis

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Proto-Italic *-kelos

Latin -culus

Latin colliculus

From collis + -culus.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɔlˈlɪ.kʊ.ɫʊs]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kolˈliː.ku.lus]

Noun

colliculus m (genitive colliculī); second declension

1. small hill, hillock, knoll

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	colliculus	colliculī
genitive	colliculī	colliculōrum
dative	colliculō	colliculīs
accusative	colliculum	colliculōs
ablative	colliculō	colliculīs
vocative	collicule	colliculī

Descendants

• → Catalan: col·licle
• → English: colliculus
• → Portuguese: colículo
• → Spanish: colículo

References

• “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.