colliculus

English

Etymology

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

Noun

colliculus (plural colliculi)

1. (anatomy) A small elevation; a knoll

Derived terms

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

Latin

Etymology

collis +‎ -culus

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kolˈli.ku.lus/, [kɔlˈlʲɪkʊɫ̪ʊs̠]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kolˈli.ku.lus/, [kolˈliːkulus]

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.