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columnella

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English

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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columnella (plural columnellae)

  1. (architecture) A small column
  2. Alternative form of columella

Latin

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Etymology

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Alternative form of columella (from columen/columna + -lus with assimilation of /nl/ to /ll/), reanalyzed as columna +‎ -ella.

Noun

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columnella f (genitive columnellae); first declension

  1. Alternative form of columella

Declension

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First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative columnella columnellae
genitive columnellae columnellārum
dative columnellae columnellīs
accusative columnellam columnellās
ablative columnellā columnellīs
vocative columnella columnellae

References

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  • columnella”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • columnella in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.